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#F3DFD3

Bone · very light warm orange

About #F3DFD3

#F3DFD3 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, 13% 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 #D3E7F3 — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F3DFD3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.31:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red243
Green223
Blue211

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.5
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 6.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.0

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

Text on #F3DFD3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #F3DFD3.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #F3DFD3.
16.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F3DFD3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F3DFD3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E5E0D2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E4D3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FADCDC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F3DFD3?

#F3DFD3 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, 13% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F3DFD3?

Use black text. Black on #F3DFD3 has a contrast ratio of 16.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F3DFD3?

Its complementary colour is #D3E7F3, and analogous partners are #F3D3D7 and #F3EFD3.