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#E5DFD6

Bone · very light neutral

About #E5DFD6

With the hex code #E5DFD6, this is a very light orange with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 90% red, 87% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 7% yellow and 10% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Bone — a ΔE of 4.7 — followed by Linen. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D6DCE5, a light gray shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.86:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red229
Green223
Blue214

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.7
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 6.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 6.7

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

Text on #E5DFD6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E5DFD6.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E5DFD6.
15.86:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E5DFD6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E5DFD6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DFD5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3E0D6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E8DDDC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E5DFD6?

With the hex code #E5DFD6, this is a very light orange with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 90% red, 87% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 7% yellow and 10% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #E5DFD6?

Use black text. Black on #E5DFD6 has a contrast ratio of 15.86:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E5DFD6?

Its complementary colour is #D6DCE5, and analogous partners are #E5D8D6 and #E4E5D6.