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#CCCDC0

Bone · very light neutral

About #CCCDC0

#CCCDC0 is a very light, near-neutral gray colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 80% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 20% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Visually it is very close to Bone (ΔE 6.8), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C1C0CD (silver), 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 13.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red204
Green205
Blue192

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 7.3

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

Text on #CCCDC0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #CCCDC0.
1.61:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #CCCDC0.
13.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCCDC0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCCDC0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFCCBF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFCCC0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CECBC9

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Complementary

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Triadic

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Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCCDC0?

#CCCDC0 is a very light, near-neutral gray colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 80% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 20% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #CCCDC0?

Use black text. Black on #CCCDC0 has a contrast ratio of 13.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCCDC0?

Its complementary colour is #C1C0CD, and analogous partners are #CDC8C0 and #C6CDC0.