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#CDDBBA

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CDDBBA

#CDDBBA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 86% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.9), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C8BADB (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 14.44:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green219
Blue186

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 11.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #CDDBBA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDBBA.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDBBA.
14.44:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDDBBA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFD6B8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDD6BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFD8D2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDDBBA?

#CDDBBA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 86% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDDBBA?

Use black text. Black on #CDDBBA has a contrast ratio of 14.44:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDDBBA?

Its complementary colour is #C8BADB, and analogous partners are #DBD8BA and #BCDBBA.