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#EBDDD4

Bone · very light neutral

About #EBDDD4

#EBDDD4 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 87% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 10% 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 4.8); Linen comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D4E2EB — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBDDD4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.83:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red235
Green221
Blue212

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.8
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 6.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.0

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

Text on #EBDDD4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EBDDD4.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EBDDD4.
15.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBDDD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBDDD4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1DED3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E1D4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F0DBDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBDDD4?

#EBDDD4 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 87% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #EBDDD4?

Use black text. Black on #EBDDD4 has a contrast ratio of 15.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBDDD4?

Its complementary colour is #D4E2EB, and analogous partners are #EBD4D7 and #EBE9D4.