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#CDDFCF

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CDDFCF

#CDDFCF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Sage (ΔE 9.4); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFCDDD — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDDFCF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.05:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green223
Blue207

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.9

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

Text on #CDDFCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDFCF.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CDDFCF.
15.05:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDDFCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0DBCE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCD9D0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBDEDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDDFCF?

#CDDFCF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDDFCF?

Use black text. Black on #CDDFCF has a contrast ratio of 15.05:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDDFCF?

Its complementary colour is #DFCDDD, and analogous partners are #D4DFCD and #CDDFD8.