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#F2D4CD

Bone · very light warm pink

About #F2D4CD

#F2D4CD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 83% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Bone (ΔE 9.3); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDEBF2 — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2D4CD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.07:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green212
Blue205

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.3
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #F2D4CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2D4CD.
1.39:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2D4CD.
15.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2D4CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2D4CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DAD7CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1DDCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FAD0D2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2D4CD?

#F2D4CD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 83% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2D4CD?

Use black text. Black on #F2D4CD has a contrast ratio of 15.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2D4CD?

Its complementary colour is #CDEBF2, and analogous partners are #F2CDD9 and #F2E7CD.