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#F2D5CF

Bone · very light warm pink

About #F2D5CF

#F2D5CF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 84% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 14% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Bone (ΔE 9.3); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFECF2 — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2D5CF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.19:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green213
Blue207

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.3
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.8
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.9

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

Text on #F2D5CF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2D5CF.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2D5CF.
15.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2D5CF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2D5CF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBD8CF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1DDCF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FAD2D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2D5CF?

#F2D5CF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 84% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 14% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2D5CF?

Use black text. Black on #F2D5CF has a contrast ratio of 15.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2D5CF?

Its complementary colour is #CFECF2, and analogous partners are #F2CFDB and #F2E6CF.