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#B2B8A3

Light Sage · light cool green

About #B2B8A3

With the hex code #B2B8A3, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 70% red, 72% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 28% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 5.9 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A9A3B8, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.28:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red178
Green184
Blue163

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.7
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #B2B8A3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B2B8A3.
2.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B2B8A3.
10.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B2B8A3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B2B8A3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BBB5A2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BAB5A4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B4B6B2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B2B8A3?

With the hex code #B2B8A3, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 70% red, 72% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 28% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B2B8A3?

Use black text. Black on #B2B8A3 has a contrast ratio of 10.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B2B8A3?

Its complementary colour is #A9A3B8, and analogous partners are #B8B4A3 and #A8B8A3.