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#A2BCA9

Light Sage · light cool green

About #A2BCA9

With the hex code #A2BCA9, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 64% red, 74% green and 66% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 7.8 — followed by Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCA2B5, a thistle shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red162
Green188
Blue169

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.8
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 12.2
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 13.8

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

Text on #A2BCA9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #A2BCA9.
2.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #A2BCA9.
10.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A2BCA9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A2BCA9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BCB7A8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B7B4AA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9EBBB6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A2BCA9?

With the hex code #A2BCA9, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 64% red, 74% green and 66% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #A2BCA9?

Use black text. Black on #A2BCA9 has a contrast ratio of 10.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #A2BCA9?

Its complementary colour is #BCA2B5, and analogous partners are #A8BCA2 and #A2BCB6.