ColorXprez

#E7D1CD

Bone · very light warm pink

About #E7D1CD

With the hex code #E7D1CD, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 91% red, 82% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 11% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Bone — a ΔE of 8.4 — followed by Light Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CDE3E7, a ice blue shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.40:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red231
Green209
Blue205

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #E7D1CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E7D1CD.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E7D1CD.
14.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E7D1CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E7D1CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5D3CD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD7CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EDCFD0

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E7D1CD?

With the hex code #E7D1CD, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 91% red, 82% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 11% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E7D1CD?

Use black text. Black on #E7D1CD has a contrast ratio of 14.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E7D1CD?

Its complementary colour is #CDE3E7, and analogous partners are #E7CDD6 and #E7DECD.