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#CDDABB

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CDDABB

#CDDABB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 85% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.1), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C8BBDA (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.34:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green218
Blue187

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.9
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #CDDABB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDABB.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDABB.
14.34:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDDABB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DED6B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCD5BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFD7D1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDDABB?

#CDDABB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 85% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDDABB?

Use black text. Black on #CDDABB has a contrast ratio of 14.34:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDDABB?

Its complementary colour is #C8BBDA, and analogous partners are #DAD7BB and #BEDABB.