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#F7FDCF

Cream · very light warm green

About #F7FDCF

#F7FDCF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 97% red, 99% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 3.1); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D5CFFD — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F7FDCF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.91:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red247
Green253
Blue207

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 3.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.9
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #F7FDCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #F7FDCF.
1.05:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #F7FDCF.
19.91:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F7FDCF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F7FDCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF8CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF9D1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FDF7F0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F7FDCF?

#F7FDCF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 97% red, 99% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F7FDCF?

Use black text. Black on #F7FDCF has a contrast ratio of 19.91:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F7FDCF?

Its complementary colour is #D5CFFD, and analogous partners are #FDECCF and #E0FDCF.