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#C8D6BF

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #C8D6BF

#C8D6BF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 84% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.0); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDBFD6 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C8D6BF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.83:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red200
Green214
Blue191

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.9

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

Text on #C8D6BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #C8D6BF.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #C8D6BF.
13.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8D6BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8D6BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D2BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D1C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8D4CF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8D6BF?

#C8D6BF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 84% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C8D6BF?

Use black text. Black on #C8D6BF has a contrast ratio of 13.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8D6BF?

Its complementary colour is #CDBFD6, and analogous partners are #D4D6BF and #BFD6C2.