Bisque

#dbc8b3

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for bisque, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Bisque is a light orange with relaxed warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Bisque color values

Every conversion for #dbc8b3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dbc8b3

RGB219, 200, 179

HSL32, 36%, 78%

HSV32, 18%, 86%

CMYK0%, 9%, 18%, 14%

Lab81.63, 3.28, 12.91

XYZ58.0, 59.62, 51.1

Decimal14403763

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone481 C

Shades of bisque

#cfb69a #c3a481 #b89268 #aa8051 #916d45 #785a39 #60482d #473521 #2e2216 #15100a

Tints of bisque

#decdb9 #e1d1c0 #e4d6c6 #e7dacd #eadfd3 #ede4d9 #f0e8e0 #f3ede6 #f6f2ec #f9f6f3

Colors that go with bisque

Complementary#b3c6db Analogous#dbb4b3 Analogous#dadbb3 Triadic#b3dbc8 Triadic#c8b3db Split complementary#b3dadb Split complementary#b4b3db

Bisque in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 18, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dbc8b3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 18 14

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 21 20

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Bisque in css

Copy #dbc8b3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dbc8b3; }
.text { color: #dbc8b3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dbc8b3; }

How bisque looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Bisque and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dbc8b3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dbc8b3 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Bisque on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dbc8b3 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around bisque? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn bisque into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dbc8b3 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from bisque, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #dbc8b3 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.