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#CBD2BD

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CBD2BD

#CBD2BD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 82% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 4.8); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C4BDD2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBD2BD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.49:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green210
Blue189

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.6

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

Text on #CBD2BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CBD2BD.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CBD2BD.
13.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBD2BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBD2BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5CFBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4CFBE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDD0CC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBD2BD?

#CBD2BD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 82% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBD2BD?

Use black text. Black on #CBD2BD has a contrast ratio of 13.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBD2BD?

Its complementary colour is #C4BDD2, and analogous partners are #D2CFBD and #C1D2BD.