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#F7FED7

Cream · very light warm green

About #F7FED7

#F7FED7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 97% red, 100% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 0% 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 #DED7FE — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F7FED7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 20.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red247
Green254
Blue215

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 4.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #F7FED7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #F7FED7.
1.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #F7FED7.
20.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F7FED7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F7FED7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFFAD5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFFAD8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FCF9F3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F7FED7?

#F7FED7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 97% red, 100% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F7FED7?

Use black text. Black on #F7FED7 has a contrast ratio of 20.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F7FED7?

Its complementary colour is #DED7FE, and analogous partners are #FEF2D7 and #E4FED7.