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#CCDEC8

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CCDEC8

#CCDEC8 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.9); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DAC8DE — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCDEC8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.85:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red204
Green222
Blue200

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.9
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.2
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #CCDEC8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCDEC8.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCDEC8.
14.85:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCDEC8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCDEC8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0DAC7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCD8C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBDCD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCDEC8?

#CCDEC8 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCDEC8?

Use black text. Black on #CCDEC8 has a contrast ratio of 14.85:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCDEC8?

Its complementary colour is #DAC8DE, and analogous partners are #D7DEC8 and #C8DECF.