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#CFDDC3

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CFDDC3

#CFDDC3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 87% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.4); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D1C3DD — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFDDC3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.78:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red207
Green221
Blue195

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #CFDDC3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFDDC3.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFDDC3.
14.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFDDC3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFDDC3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0D9C2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DED8C4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0DAD5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFDDC3?

#CFDDC3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 87% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFDDC3?

Use black text. Black on #CFDDC3 has a contrast ratio of 14.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFDDC3?

Its complementary colour is #D1C3DD, and analogous partners are #DCDDC3 and #C3DDC4.