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#B0BDA2

Light Sage · light cool green

About #B0BDA2

#B0BDA2 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 74% green and 64% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 26% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 4.5); Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #AFA2BD — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #B0BDA2 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.65:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red176
Green189
Blue162

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.5
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 9.3
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #B0BDA2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B0BDA2.
1.97:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B0BDA2.
10.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B0BDA2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B0BDA2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0B9A0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BEB8A3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B1BAB5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B0BDA2?

#B0BDA2 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 74% green and 64% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 26% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B0BDA2?

Use black text. Black on #B0BDA2 has a contrast ratio of 10.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B0BDA2?

Its complementary colour is #AFA2BD, and analogous partners are #BDBDA2 and #A3BDA2.