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#CCD5BE

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CCD5BE

#CCD5BE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 84% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.1), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C7BED5 (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 13.83:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red204
Green213
Blue190

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.1

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

Text on #CCD5BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCD5BE.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCD5BE.
13.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCD5BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCD5BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D2BD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D1BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CED3CE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCD5BE?

#CCD5BE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 84% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCD5BE?

Use black text. Black on #CCD5BE has a contrast ratio of 13.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCD5BE?

Its complementary colour is #C7BED5, and analogous partners are #D5D3BE and #C1D5BE.