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#CFDCBE

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CFDCBE

#CFDCBE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 86% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.6); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CBBEDC — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFDCBE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.63:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green220
Blue190

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #CFDCBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFDCBE.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFDCBE.
14.63:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFDCBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0D8BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DED7BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D1D9D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFDCBE?

#CFDCBE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 86% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFDCBE?

Use black text. Black on #CFDCBE has a contrast ratio of 14.63:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFDCBE?

Its complementary colour is #CBBEDC, and analogous partners are #DCDABE and #C0DCBE.