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#B8BDAA

Light Sage · light cool green

About #B8BDAA

With the hex code #B8BDAA, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 74% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% 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 5.0 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AFAABD, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.90:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red184
Green189
Blue170

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.0
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.6
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #B8BDAA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B8BDAA.
1.93:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B8BDAA.
10.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B8BDAA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B8BDAA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0BBA9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BFBBAB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BABBB7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B8BDAA?

With the hex code #B8BDAA, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 74% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B8BDAA?

Use black text. Black on #B8BDAA has a contrast ratio of 10.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B8BDAA?

Its complementary colour is #AFAABD, and analogous partners are #BDB9AA and #AEBDAA.