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#CCD0AE

Light Sage · very light warm green

About #CCD0AE

#CCD0AE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 82% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 18% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 6.8), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #B2AED0 (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 13.20:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red204
Green208
Blue174

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 11.3

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

Text on #CCD0AE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCD0AE.
1.59:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCD0AE.
13.20:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCD0AE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCD0AE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6CCAC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5CDAF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0CCC6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCD0AE?

#CCD0AE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 82% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 18% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CCD0AE?

Use black text. Black on #CCD0AE has a contrast ratio of 13.20:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCD0AE?

Its complementary colour is #B2AED0, and analogous partners are #D0C3AE and #BBD0AE.