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#A9BCA2

Light Sage · light cool green

About #A9BCA2

With the hex code #A9BCA2, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 66% red, 74% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% 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 5.7 — followed by Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B5A2BC, a lilac shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.40:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red169
Green188
Blue162

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.7
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 8.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 13.2

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

Text on #A9BCA2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #A9BCA2.
2.02:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #A9BCA2.
10.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A9BCA2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A9BCA2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEB8A1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBB6A3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A9BAB5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A9BCA2?

With the hex code #A9BCA2, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 66% red, 74% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #A9BCA2?

Use black text. Black on #A9BCA2 has a contrast ratio of 10.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #A9BCA2?

Its complementary colour is #B5A2BC, and analogous partners are #B6BCA2 and #A2BCA8.