#F8FDEC
Ivory · very light cool white
About #F8FDEC
#F8FDEC is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 97% red, 99% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Ivory (ΔE 2.3); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F1ECFD — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #F8FDEC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 20.25:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #F8FDEC?
#F8FDEC is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 97% red, 99% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #F8FDEC?
Use black text. Black on #F8FDEC has a contrast ratio of 20.25:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #F8FDEC?
Its complementary colour is #F1ECFD, and analogous partners are #FDFAEC and #F0FDEC.