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#EADFD6

Bone · very light neutral

About #EADFD6

#EADFD6 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 87% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 9% yellow and 8% 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 4.7); Linen comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D6E1EA — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EADFD6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.02:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green223
Blue214

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.7
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 5.9
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 6.7

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

Text on #EADFD6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EADFD6.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EADFD6.
16.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EADFD6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EADFD6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DFD5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E2D6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EEDDDC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EADFD6?

#EADFD6 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 87% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 9% yellow and 8% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #EADFD6?

Use black text. Black on #EADFD6 has a contrast ratio of 16.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EADFD6?

Its complementary colour is #D6E1EA, and analogous partners are #EAD6D7 and #EAE9D6.