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#CED3C2

Bone · very light cool green

About #CED3C2

#CED3C2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 83% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 6.3); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C7C2D3 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CED3C2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green211
Blue194

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.7

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

Text on #CED3C2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #CED3C2.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #CED3C2.
13.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CED3C2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CED3C2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6D1C1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D1C3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0D1CE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CED3C2?

#CED3C2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 83% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CED3C2?

Use black text. Black on #CED3C2 has a contrast ratio of 13.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CED3C2?

Its complementary colour is #C7C2D3, and analogous partners are #D3CFC2 and #C6D3C2.