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#CCDDC8

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CCDDC8

#CCDDC8 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 87% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.7), with Pale Mint the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D9C8DD (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 14.74:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red204
Green221
Blue200

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.7
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #CCDDC8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCDDC8.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCDDC8.
14.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCDDC8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCDDC8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFD9C7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCD7C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBDBD7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCDDC8?

#CCDDC8 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 87% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCDDC8?

Use black text. Black on #CCDDC8 has a contrast ratio of 14.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCDDC8?

Its complementary colour is #D9C8DD, and analogous partners are #D7DDC8 and #C8DDCE.