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#FCFDDD

Beige · very light warm white

About #FCFDDD

With the hex code #FCFDDD, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 99% red, 99% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Beige — a ΔE of 4.3 — followed by Cream. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DEDDFD, a lavender shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 20.23:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red252
Green253
Blue221

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.3
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #FCFDDD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #FCFDDD.
1.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #FCFDDD.
20.23:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FCFDDD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFFADB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFFBDE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFF9F4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FCFDDD?

With the hex code #FCFDDD, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 99% red, 99% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FCFDDD?

Use black text. Black on #FCFDDD has a contrast ratio of 20.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FCFDDD?

Its complementary colour is #DEDDFD, and analogous partners are #FDEEDD and #ECFDDD.