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#CCDAB7

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CCDAB7

#CCDAB7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 85% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Sage (ΔE 8.3); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C5B7DA — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCDAB7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.28:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green218
Blue183

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.3
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 12.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 12.9

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

Text on #CCDAB7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCDAB7.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCDAB7.
14.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCDAB7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCDAB7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DED5B5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCD5B8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CED6D0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCDAB7?

#CCDAB7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 85% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCDAB7?

Use black text. Black on #CCDAB7 has a contrast ratio of 14.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCDAB7?

Its complementary colour is #C5B7DA, and analogous partners are #DAD7B7 and #BBDAB7.