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#CDD5BF

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CDD5BF

With the hex code #CDD5BF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 84% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 5.4 — followed by Bone. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C7BFD5, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.87:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green213
Blue191

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.6

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

Text on #CDD5BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDD5BF.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDD5BF.
13.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDD5BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDD5BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D2BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D2C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFD3CF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDD5BF?

With the hex code #CDD5BF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 84% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDD5BF?

Use black text. Black on #CDD5BF has a contrast ratio of 13.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDD5BF?

Its complementary colour is #C7BFD5, and analogous partners are #D5D2BF and #C2D5BF.