ColorXprez

#FDEFDD

Eggshell · very light warm white

About #FDEFDD

#FDEFDD is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 94% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 13% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Eggshell (ΔE 3.9); Linen comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDEBFD — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FDEFDD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.57:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red253
Green239
Blue221

Closest named colours

Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 3.9
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 4.4
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.7

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

Text on #FDEFDD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggshell #FDEFDD.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggshell #FDEFDD.
18.57:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FDEFDD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5EFDC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F8F2DD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFEBEA

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FDEFDD?

#FDEFDD is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 94% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 13% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FDEFDD?

Use black text. Black on #FDEFDD has a contrast ratio of 18.57:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FDEFDD?

Its complementary colour is #DDEBFD, and analogous partners are #FDDFDD and #FBFDDD.