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#CEDABB

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CEDABB

#CEDABB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 85% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.2); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C7BBDA — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEDABB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.37:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red206
Green218
Blue187

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.2
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #CEDABB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CEDABB.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CEDABB.
14.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CEDABB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DED6B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCD5BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0D7D1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEDABB?

#CEDABB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 85% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEDABB?

Use black text. Black on #CEDABB has a contrast ratio of 14.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEDABB?

Its complementary colour is #C7BBDA, and analogous partners are #DAD6BB and #BFDABB.