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#CCDED1

Light Gray · very light cool green

About #CCDED1

#CCDED1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Gray (ΔE 9.7); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DECCD9 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCDED1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.94:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green222
Blue209

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #CCDED1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #CCDED1.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #CCDED1.
14.94:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCDED1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCDED1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DEDBD0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD9D2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CADDDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCDED1?

#CCDED1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCDED1?

Use black text. Black on #CCDED1 has a contrast ratio of 14.94:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCDED1?

Its complementary colour is #DECCD9, and analogous partners are #D0DECC and #CCDEDA.