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#CDDFC6

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CDDFC6

#CDDFC6 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Sage (ΔE 8.1); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D8C6DF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDDFC6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.97:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green223
Blue198

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #CDDFC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDFC6.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDFC6.
14.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDDFC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDDFC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1DBC5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DED9C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDDDD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDDFC6?

#CDDFC6 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDDFC6?

Use black text. Black on #CDDFC6 has a contrast ratio of 14.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDDFC6?

Its complementary colour is #D8C6DF, and analogous partners are #DADFC6 and #C6DFCB.