Bisque

#fae0ca

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

Bisque sits in the orange range, pale and vivid. 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 #fae0ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fae0ca

RGB250, 224, 202

HSL28, 83%, 89%

HSV28, 19%, 98%

CMYK0%, 10%, 19%, 2%

Lab90.73, 5.52, 14.02

XYZ76.74, 77.9, 66.87

Decimal16441546

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone4685 C

Shades of bisque

#f6c9a3 #f3b37d #ef9c56 #eb8630 #dc7015 #b65d11 #8f490e #69350a #422206 #1c0e03

Tints of bisque

#fbe6d5 #fcebdc #fcefe4 #fdf3eb

Colors that go with bisque

Complementary#cae4fa Analogous#facacc Analogous#faf8ca Triadic#cafae0 Triadic#e0cafa Split complementary#cafaf8 Split complementary#caccfa

Bisque in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 19, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fae0ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 19 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 21 8

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #fae0ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fae0ca; }
.text { color: #fae0ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fae0ca; }

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 #fae0ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fae0ca 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 #fae0ca 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 #fae0ca 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

Here is how the numbers for #fae0ca are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.