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#CCDDC9

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CCDDC9

#CCDDC9 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.8); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DAC9DD — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCDDC9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green221
Blue201

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #CCDDC9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCDDC9.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCDDC9.
14.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCDDC9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCDDC9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DED9C8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD7CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBDBD7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCDDC9?

#CCDDC9 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCDDC9?

Use black text. Black on #CCDDC9 has a contrast ratio of 14.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCDDC9?

Its complementary colour is #DAC9DD, and analogous partners are #D6DDC9 and #C9DDD0.