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#CDD1BC

Light Sage · very light warm green

About #CDD1BC

#CDD1BC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 82% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.2); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C0BCD1 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDD1BC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.44:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green209
Blue188

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.2
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.8

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

Text on #CDD1BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDD1BC.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDD1BC.
13.44:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDD1BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDD1BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4CFBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4CFBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0CECB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDD1BC?

#CDD1BC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 82% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CDD1BC?

Use black text. Black on #CDD1BC has a contrast ratio of 13.44:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDD1BC?

Its complementary colour is #C0BCD1, and analogous partners are #D1CBBC and #C3D1BC.