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Business Combinations narrative (Details) (USD $)
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Intermountain Community Bancorp [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Business Combination, Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill Amount $ 38,585,000colb_BusinessCombinationPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillAmount
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= colb_IntermountainCommunityBancorpMember
       
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition Nov. 01, 2014        
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net 93,350,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
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= colb_IntermountainCommunityBancorpMember
       
Business Combination, Purchase Price Allocation, Amortizable Intangible Assets 10,900,000colb_BusinessCombinationPurchasePriceAllocationAmortizableIntangibleAssets
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= colb_IntermountainCommunityBancorpMember
       
business combinations, core deposit intangible percentage of core deposits 1.75%colb_Businesscombinationscoredepositintangiblepercentageofcoredeposits
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= colb_IntermountainCommunityBancorpMember
       
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs   4,896,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
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= colb_IntermountainCommunityBancorpMember
     
Business Combination, Purchase Price Allocation, Other Assets 35,353,000colb_BusinessCombinationPurchasePriceAllocationOtherAssets
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= colb_IntermountainCommunityBancorpMember
       
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Liabilities, Deposits 736,795,000colb_BusinessCombinationPurchasePriceAllocationLiabilitiesDeposits
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= colb_IntermountainCommunityBancorpMember
       
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired 100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
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= colb_IntermountainCommunityBancorpMember
       
West Coast Bancorp [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Business Combination, Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill Amount     228,400,000colb_BusinessCombinationPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillAmount
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= colb_WestCoastBancorpMember
   
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition     Apr. 01, 2013    
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Fair Value     1,410,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquiredReceivablesFairValue
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= colb_WestCoastBancorpMember
   
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net     312,400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
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= colb_WestCoastBancorpMember
   
Business Combination, Purchase Price Allocation, Amortizable Intangible Assets     15,300,000colb_BusinessCombinationPurchasePriceAllocationAmortizableIntangibleAssets
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= colb_WestCoastBancorpMember
   
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs   4,536,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
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= colb_WestCoastBancorpMember
  25,488,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
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= colb_WestCoastBancorpMember
1,780,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= colb_WestCoastBancorpMember
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Liabilities, Deposits     1,880,000,000colb_BusinessCombinationPurchasePriceAllocationLiabilitiesDeposits
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= colb_WestCoastBancorpMember
   
Business Combination, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price, Total     $ 540,800,000colb_BusinessCombinationCostofAcquiredEntityPurchasePriceTotal
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= colb_WestCoastBancorpMember
   
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired     100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
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= colb_WestCoastBancorpMember