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#CCD3BF

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CCD3BF

With the hex code #CCD3BF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 83% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 17% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 5.3 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C6BFD3, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.64:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green211
Blue191

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.2
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.3

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

Text on #CCD3BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCD3BF.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCD3BF.
13.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCD3BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCD3BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6D0BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D0C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CED1CD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCD3BF?

With the hex code #CCD3BF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 83% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 17% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CCD3BF?

Use black text. Black on #CCD3BF has a contrast ratio of 13.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCD3BF?

Its complementary colour is #C6BFD3, and analogous partners are #D3D0BF and #C2D3BF.