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#DACFC6

Bone · very light neutral

About #DACFC6

#DACFC6 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 81% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 9% yellow and 15% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 5.5); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C6D1DA — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DACFC6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red218
Green207
Blue198

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.9
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 6.3

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

Text on #DACFC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #DACFC6.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #DACFC6.
13.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DACFC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DACFC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2CFC5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D2C6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DECDCC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DACFC6?

#DACFC6 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 81% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 9% yellow and 15% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #DACFC6?

Use black text. Black on #DACFC6 has a contrast ratio of 13.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DACFC6?

Its complementary colour is #C6D1DA, and analogous partners are #DAC6C7 and #DAD9C6.