#CCDBD7
Light Gray · very light neutral
About #CCDBD7
#CCDBD7 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 86% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 14% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Gray (ΔE 6.0); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBCCD0 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCDBD7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.68:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #CCDBD7
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #CCDBD7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CCDBD7?
#CCDBD7 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 86% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 14% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
›What text colour should I use on #CCDBD7?
Use black text. Black on #CCDBD7 has a contrast ratio of 14.68:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CCDBD7?
Its complementary colour is #DBCCD0, and analogous partners are #CCDBD0 and #CCD7DB.