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#EBDED6

Bone · very light neutral

About #EBDED6

#EBDED6 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, 6% 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 5.3); Linen comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D6E3EB — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBDED6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.95:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red235
Green222
Blue214

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.3
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 6.2
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.4

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

Text on #EBDED6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EBDED6.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EBDED6.
15.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBDED6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBDED6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DFD6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E1D6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFDCDC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBDED6?

#EBDED6 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, 6% 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 #EBDED6?

Use black text. Black on #EBDED6 has a contrast ratio of 15.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBDED6?

Its complementary colour is #D6E3EB, and analogous partners are #EBD6D9 and #EBE9D6.