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#F2DED5

Bone · very light warm orange

About #F2DED5

#F2DED5 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 87% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 12% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 6.3); Linen comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D5E9F2 — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2DED5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.18:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green222
Blue213

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.3
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 6.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.0

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

Text on #F2DED5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2DED5.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2DED5.
16.18:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2DED5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2DED5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3E0D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E3D5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8DBDB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2DED5?

#F2DED5 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 87% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 12% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2DED5?

Use black text. Black on #F2DED5 has a contrast ratio of 16.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2DED5?

Its complementary colour is #D5E9F2, and analogous partners are #F2D5DA and #F2EDD5.