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#F2DFCE

Bone · very light warm orange

About #F2DFCE

#F2DFCE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 87% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 4.5); Champagne comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEE1F2 — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2DFCE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.22:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red242
Green223
Blue206

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.5
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 4.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.7

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

Text on #F2DFCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2DFCE.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2DFCE.
16.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2DFCE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2DFCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E5E0CD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAE4CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F9DBDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2DFCE?

#F2DFCE is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 87% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2DFCE?

Use black text. Black on #F2DFCE has a contrast ratio of 16.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2DFCE?

Its complementary colour is #CEE1F2, and analogous partners are #F2CECF and #F2F1CE.