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#CBD2B7

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CBD2B7

#CBD2B7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 82% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 4.6); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEB7D2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBD2B7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.44:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green210
Blue183

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #CBD2B7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CBD2B7.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CBD2B7.
13.44:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBD2B7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBD2B7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6CFB5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5CFB8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CECFCA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBD2B7?

#CBD2B7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 82% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBD2B7?

Use black text. Black on #CBD2B7 has a contrast ratio of 13.44:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBD2B7?

Its complementary colour is #BEB7D2, and analogous partners are #D2CBB7 and #BDD2B7.