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#F2D8CB

Bone · very light warm orange

About #F2D8CB

#F2D8CB is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 95% red, 85% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 16% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Bone (ΔE 6.8), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #CBE5F2 (ice blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.46:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green216
Blue203

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.0
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.2

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

Text on #F2D8CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2D8CB.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2D8CB.
15.46:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2D8CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2D8CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFDACA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5DFCB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FAD4D4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2D8CB?

#F2D8CB is a very light, muted orange colour. Digitally that works out to 95% red, 85% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 16% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2D8CB?

Use black text. Black on #F2D8CB has a contrast ratio of 15.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2D8CB?

Its complementary colour is #CBE5F2, and analogous partners are #F2CBD2 and #F2EBCB.