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#CDDBC1

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CDDBC1

#CDDBC1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 86% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 6.7); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFC1DB — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDDBC1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green219
Blue193

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #CDDBC1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDBC1.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDBC1.
14.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDDBC1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDDBC1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DED7C0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCD6C2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CED8D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDDBC1?

#CDDBC1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 86% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDDBC1?

Use black text. Black on #CDDBC1 has a contrast ratio of 14.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDDBC1?

Its complementary colour is #CFC1DB, and analogous partners are #DADBC1 and #C1DBC2.