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#CFD1BD

Oat · very light warm green

About #CFD1BD

#CFD1BD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 82% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 5.6); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFBDD1 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFD1BD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.51:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red207
Green209
Blue189

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 5.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.0

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

Text on #CFD1BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #CFD1BD.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #CFD1BD.
13.51:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFD1BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFD1BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5CFBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D0BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D2CECB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFD1BD?

#CFD1BD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 82% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CFD1BD?

Use black text. Black on #CFD1BD has a contrast ratio of 13.51:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFD1BD?

Its complementary colour is #BFBDD1, and analogous partners are #D1C9BD and #C5D1BD.