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#CDD1BE

Light Sage · very light warm green

About #CDD1BE

#CDD1BE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 82% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 18% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.7), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C2BED1 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.46:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green209
Blue190

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.5

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

Text on #CDD1BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDD1BE.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDD1BE.
13.46:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDD1BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDD1BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4CFBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4CFBF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFCFCB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDD1BE?

#CDD1BE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 82% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 18% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CDD1BE?

Use black text. Black on #CDD1BE has a contrast ratio of 13.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDD1BE?

Its complementary colour is #C2BED1, and analogous partners are #D1CBBE and #C4D1BE.