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#F7FCD6

Cream · very light warm green

About #F7FCD6

#F7FCD6 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 97% red, 99% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 4.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBD6FC — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F7FCD6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.85:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red247
Green252
Blue214

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 4.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 11.0

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #F7FCD6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #F7FCD6.
1.06:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #F7FCD6.
19.85:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F7FCD6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F7FCD6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF8D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF9D7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FCF7F1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F7FCD6?

#F7FCD6 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 97% red, 99% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F7FCD6?

Use black text. Black on #F7FCD6 has a contrast ratio of 19.85:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F7FCD6?

Its complementary colour is #DBD6FC, and analogous partners are #FCEED6 and #E4FCD6.