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#CEBDB4

Greige · light warm orange

About #CEBDB4

#CEBDB4 is a muted, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 74% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 13% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Greige (ΔE 6.8); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B4C5CE — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CEBDB4 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.56:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green189
Blue180

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 6.8
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.4

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

Text on #CEBDB4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #CEBDB4.
1.82:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #CEBDB4.
11.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEBDB4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEBDB4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1BEB3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C5C2B4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3BABA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEBDB4?

#CEBDB4 is a muted, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 74% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 13% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CEBDB4?

Use black text. Black on #CEBDB4 has a contrast ratio of 11.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEBDB4?

Its complementary colour is #B4C5CE, and analogous partners are #CEB4B8 and #CECAB4.