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#EED3CE

Bone · very light warm pink

About #EED3CE

#EED3CE is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 83% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Bone (ΔE 9.1), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #CEE9EE (ice blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red238
Green211
Blue206

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.6
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #EED3CE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #EED3CE.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #EED3CE.
14.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EED3CE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EED3CE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D6CE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEDBCE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5D0D2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EED3CE?

#EED3CE is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 83% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EED3CE?

Use black text. Black on #EED3CE has a contrast ratio of 14.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EED3CE?

Its complementary colour is #CEE9EE, and analogous partners are #EECED9 and #EEE3CE.