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#B2BFB3

Light Sage · light cool gray

About #B2BFB3

#B2BFB3 is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 70% red, 75% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.0); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFB2BE — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #B2BFB3 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red178
Green191
Blue179

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.0
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.3
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 9.3

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

Text on #B2BFB3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B2BFB3.
1.91:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B2BFB3.
11.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B2BFB3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B2BFB3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFBCB2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BDBBB4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B1BEBB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B2BFB3?

#B2BFB3 is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 70% red, 75% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B2BFB3?

Use black text. Black on #B2BFB3 has a contrast ratio of 11.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B2BFB3?

Its complementary colour is #BFB2BE, and analogous partners are #B7BFB2 and #B2BFB9.