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#CBCFB7

Light Sage · very light warm green

About #CBCFB7

#CBCFB7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 81% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 4.3); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BBB7CF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBCFB7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.15:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red203
Green207
Blue183

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.3
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.0

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

Text on #CBCFB7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CBCFB7.
1.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CBCFB7.
13.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBCFB7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBCFB7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3CCB6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3CDB8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CECCC8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBCFB7?

#CBCFB7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 81% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CBCFB7?

Use black text. Black on #CBCFB7 has a contrast ratio of 13.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBCFB7?

Its complementary colour is #BBB7CF, and analogous partners are #CFC7B7 and #BFCFB7.