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#FBF5E2

Beige · very light warm white

About #FBF5E2

#FBF5E2 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 98% red, 96% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 10% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 3.8); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2E8FB — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FBF5E2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.26:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red251
Green245
Blue226

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 3.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 3.9
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 4.3

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

Text on #FBF5E2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #FBF5E2.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #FBF5E2.
19.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FBF5E2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FBF5E2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FAF4E1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FBF6E3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFF2EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FBF5E2?

#FBF5E2 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 98% red, 96% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 10% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FBF5E2?

Use black text. Black on #FBF5E2 has a contrast ratio of 19.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FBF5E2?

Its complementary colour is #E2E8FB, and analogous partners are #FBE9E2 and #F4FBE2.