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#CCE0BD

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CCE0BD

#CCE0BD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 88% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Sage (ΔE 10.0); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D1BDE0 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCE0BD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.96:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green224
Blue189

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.0
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.9

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

Text on #CCE0BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCE0BD.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CCE0BD.
14.96:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCE0BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCE0BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4DBBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0D9BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDDDD6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCE0BD?

#CCE0BD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 88% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCE0BD?

Use black text. Black on #CCE0BD has a contrast ratio of 14.96:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCE0BD?

Its complementary colour is #D1BDE0, and analogous partners are #DEE0BD and #BDE0C0.