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#EBDFD8

Bone · very light neutral

About #EBDFD8

#EBDFD8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 87% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 8% 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 5.8); Linen comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D8E4EB — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBDFD8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.08:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red235
Green223
Blue216

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.8
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 6.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 7.6

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

Text on #EBDFD8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EBDFD8.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EBDFD8.
16.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBDFD8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBDFD8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2E0D8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E2D8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFDDDD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBDFD8?

#EBDFD8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 87% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 8% yellow and 8% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #EBDFD8?

Use black text. Black on #EBDFD8 has a contrast ratio of 16.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBDFD8?

Its complementary colour is #D8E4EB, and analogous partners are #EBD8DB and #EBE9D8.