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#CED4BA

Light Sage · very light warm green

About #CED4BA

#CED4BA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 83% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 17% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.3), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C0BAD4 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.75:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green212
Blue186

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.3
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.1

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

Text on #CED4BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CED4BA.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CED4BA.
13.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CED4BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CED4BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D1B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D1BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D1D1CD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CED4BA?

#CED4BA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 83% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 17% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CED4BA?

Use black text. Black on #CED4BA has a contrast ratio of 13.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CED4BA?

Its complementary colour is #C0BAD4, and analogous partners are #D4CDBA and #C1D4BA.