Bisque

#f5ddc6

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

Bisque sits in the orange range, light and strong. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Bisque color values

Every conversion for #f5ddc6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f5ddc6

RGB245, 221, 198

HSL29, 70%, 87%

HSV29, 19%, 96%

CMYK0%, 10%, 19%, 4%

Lab89.49, 4.68, 14.29

XYZ73.71, 75.2, 64.06

Decimal16113094

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone4685 C

Shades of bisque

#efc8a3 #e9b380 #e39e5d #dc893a #c97523 #a6601d #834c17 #603811 #3d230b #1a0f05

Tints of bisque

#f6e2ce #f8e7d7 #f9ecdf #fbf1e7 #fcf6f0

Colors that go with bisque

Complementary#c6def5 Analogous#f5c6c7 Analogous#f5f4c6 Triadic#c6f5dd Triadic#ddc6f5 Split complementary#c6f5f5 Split complementary#c6c7f5

Bisque in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 19, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f5ddc6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 19 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 21 10

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Bisque in css

Copy #f5ddc6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f5ddc6; }
.text { color: #f5ddc6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f5ddc6; }

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 #f5ddc6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f5ddc6 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Bisque on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f5ddc6 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn bisque into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f5ddc6 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

The figures for #f5ddc6 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.