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#FCFBEA

Ivory · very light warm white

About #FCFBEA

#FCFBEA is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 98% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Ivory (ΔE 1.7); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EAEBFC — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FCFBEA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 20.13:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red252
Green251
Blue234

Closest named colours

Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 1.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.7
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 5.6

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

Text on #FCFBEA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ivory #FCFBEA.
1.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ivory #FCFBEA.
20.13:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FCFBEA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FEF9E9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFFBEB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFF9F6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FCFBEA?

#FCFBEA is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 98% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FCFBEA?

Use black text. Black on #FCFBEA has a contrast ratio of 20.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FCFBEA?

Its complementary colour is #EAEBFC, and analogous partners are #FCF2EA and #F4FCEA.