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#F2DFD4

Bone · very light warm orange

About #F2DFD4

#F2DFD4 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 87% green and 83% 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 5.5); Linen comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D4E7F2 — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2DFD4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.28:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red242
Green223
Blue212

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.5
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 6.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.1

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

Text on #F2DFD4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2DFD4.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #F2DFD4.
16.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2DFD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2DFD4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4E0D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E4D4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8DCDC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2DFD4?

#F2DFD4 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 87% green and 83% 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 #F2DFD4?

Use black text. Black on #F2DFD4 has a contrast ratio of 16.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2DFD4?

Its complementary colour is #D4E7F2, and analogous partners are #F2D4D8 and #F2EED4.