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#CBDCC4

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CBDCC4

#CBDCC4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 86% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.0), with Pale Mint the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D5C4DC (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.57:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red203
Green220
Blue196

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.0
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #CBDCC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CBDCC4.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CBDCC4.
14.57:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBDCC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBDCC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DED8C3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD6C5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBDAD5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBDCC4?

#CBDCC4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 86% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBDCC4?

Use black text. Black on #CBDCC4 has a contrast ratio of 14.57:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBDCC4?

Its complementary colour is #D5C4DC, and analogous partners are #D7DCC4 and #C4DCC9.