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#FCECCF

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #FCECCF

#FCECCF is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 93% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Champagne (ΔE 2.6); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFDFFC — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FCECCF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.04:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red252
Green236
Blue207

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 2.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 6.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.7

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

Text on #FCECCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #FCECCF.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #FCECCF.
18.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FCECCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4EBCD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F8EFD0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFE7E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FCECCF?

#FCECCF is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 93% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FCECCF?

Use black text. Black on #FCECCF has a contrast ratio of 18.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FCECCF?

Its complementary colour is #CFDFFC, and analogous partners are #FCD6CF and #F5FCCF.