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#EDD4CF

Bone · very light warm pink

About #EDD4CF

#EDD4CF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 83% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Bone (ΔE 8.6); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFE8ED — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDD4CF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.92:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red237
Green212
Blue207

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.9

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

Text on #EDD4CF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EDD4CF.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EDD4CF.
14.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDD4CF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDD4CF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9D7CF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFDBCF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4D1D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDD4CF?

#EDD4CF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 83% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDD4CF?

Use black text. Black on #EDD4CF has a contrast ratio of 14.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDD4CF?

Its complementary colour is #CFE8ED, and analogous partners are #EDCFD9 and #EDE3CF.