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#CFDEC2

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #CFDEC2

#CFDEC2 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 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.9); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D1C2DE — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFDEC2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.88:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red207
Green222
Blue194

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.9
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #CFDEC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFDEC2.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #CFDEC2.
14.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFDEC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFDEC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1DAC0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFD9C3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0DBD6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFDEC2?

#CFDEC2 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 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFDEC2?

Use black text. Black on #CFDEC2 has a contrast ratio of 14.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFDEC2?

Its complementary colour is #D1C2DE, and analogous partners are #DDDEC2 and #C2DEC3.