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#CFD7BD

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CFD7BD

#CFD7BD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 84% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.9); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C5BDD7 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFD7BD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green215
Blue189

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.3

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

Text on #CFD7BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFD7BD.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFD7BD.
14.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFD7BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFD7BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBD4BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD4BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D1D4D0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFD7BD?

#CFD7BD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 84% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFD7BD?

Use black text. Black on #CFD7BD has a contrast ratio of 14.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFD7BD?

Its complementary colour is #C5BDD7, and analogous partners are #D7D2BD and #C2D7BD.