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#FCFEDE

Beige · very light warm white

About #FCFEDE

#FCFEDE is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 100% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 4.5); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E0DEFE — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FCFEDE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 20.37:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red252
Green254
Blue222

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.5
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.8
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #FCFEDE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #FCFEDE.
1.03:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #FCFEDE.
20.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FCFEDE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFFBDC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFFCDF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFFAF5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FCFEDE?

#FCFEDE is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 100% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FCFEDE?

Use black text. Black on #FCFEDE has a contrast ratio of 20.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FCFEDE?

Its complementary colour is #E0DEFE, and analogous partners are #FEF0DE and #ECFEDE.