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#CCDDD8

Light Gray · very light neutral

About #CCDDD8

#CCDDD8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 13% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Gray (ΔE 7.0); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDCCD1 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCDDD8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.90:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red204
Green221
Blue216

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 7.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #CCDDD8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #CCDDD8.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #CCDDD8.
14.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCDDD8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCDDD8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCDBD8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D8D8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8DEDB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCDDD8?

#CCDDD8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 13% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #CCDDD8?

Use black text. Black on #CCDDD8 has a contrast ratio of 14.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCDDD8?

Its complementary colour is #DDCCD1, and analogous partners are #CCDDD0 and #CCDADD.