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#F2DBCD

Bone · very light warm orange

About #F2DBCD

With the hex code #F2DBCD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 95% red, 86% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Bone — a ΔE of 5.7 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CDE4F2, a ice blue shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.79:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red242
Green219
Blue205

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.4
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 7.0

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

Text on #F2DBCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2DBCD.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2DBCD.
15.79:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2DBCD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2DBCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1DCCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E1CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F9D7D7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2DBCD?

With the hex code #F2DBCD, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 95% red, 86% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #F2DBCD?

Use black text. Black on #F2DBCD has a contrast ratio of 15.79:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2DBCD?

Its complementary colour is #CDE4F2, and analogous partners are #F2CDD2 and #F2EECD.