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#B2BFB1

Light Sage · light cool gray

About #B2BFB1

With the hex code #B2BFB1, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 70% red, 75% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 6.1 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BEB1BF, 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 — 10.98:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red178
Green191
Blue177

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.2
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 9.4

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

Text on #B2BFB1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B2BFB1.
1.91:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B2BFB1.
10.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B2BFB1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B2BFB1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0BCB0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BDBBB2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B1BEBB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B2BFB1?

With the hex code #B2BFB1, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 70% red, 75% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B2BFB1?

Use black text. Black on #B2BFB1 has a contrast ratio of 10.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B2BFB1?

Its complementary colour is #BEB1BF, and analogous partners are #B9BFB1 and #B1BFB7.