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#DECFC8

Bone · very light neutral

About #DECFC8

#DECFC8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 81% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% 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 6.4); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C8D7DE — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DECFC8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.87:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red222
Green207
Blue200

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 6.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.9

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

Text on #DECFC8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #DECFC8.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #DECFC8.
13.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DECFC8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DECFC8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3D0C8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D3C8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3CDCD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DECFC8?

#DECFC8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 81% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #DECFC8?

Use black text. Black on #DECFC8 has a contrast ratio of 13.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DECFC8?

Its complementary colour is #C8D7DE, and analogous partners are #DEC8CC and #DEDAC8.