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#CDDACB

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CDDACB

#CDDACB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 85% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Sage (ΔE 8.2); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D8CBDA — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDDACB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.49:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green218
Blue203

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.2
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.3

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

Text on #CDDACB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDACB.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDACB.
14.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDDACB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBD7CA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D6CC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCD9D6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDDACB?

#CDDACB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 85% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDDACB?

Use black text. Black on #CDDACB has a contrast ratio of 14.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDDACB?

Its complementary colour is #D8CBDA, and analogous partners are #D5DACB and #CBDAD0.