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#CFDBB0

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CFDBB0

#CFDBB0 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 86% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Sage (ΔE 11.6); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCB0DB — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFDBB0 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.41:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green219
Blue176

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 11.6
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 13.8
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 14.0

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

Text on #CFDBB0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFDBB0.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFDBB0.
14.41:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFDBB0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFDBB0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1D6AD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFD6B2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3D6CF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFDBB0?

#CFDBB0 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 86% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFDBB0?

Use black text. Black on #CFDBB0 has a contrast ratio of 14.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFDBB0?

Its complementary colour is #BCB0DB, and analogous partners are #DBD1B0 and #BADBB0.