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#CDDCC5

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CDDCC5

#CDDCC5 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 86% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.1), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D4C5DC (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 — 14.64:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green220
Blue197

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #CDDCC5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDCC5.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDCC5.
14.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDDCC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDDCC5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DED8C4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCD7C6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDDAD5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDDCC5?

#CDDCC5 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 86% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDDCC5?

Use black text. Black on #CDDCC5 has a contrast ratio of 14.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDDCC5?

Its complementary colour is #D4C5DC, and analogous partners are #D9DCC5 and #C5DCC9.