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#B8BFAB

Light Sage · light cool green

About #B8BFAB

With the hex code #B8BFAB, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 75% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% 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 3.9 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B2ABBF, 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 — 11.08:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red184
Green191
Blue171

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 3.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 8.6
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #B8BFAB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B8BFAB.
1.90:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B8BFAB.
11.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B8BFAB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B8BFAB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2BCAA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C1BCAC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BABDB9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B8BFAB?

With the hex code #B8BFAB, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 75% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B8BFAB?

Use black text. Black on #B8BFAB has a contrast ratio of 11.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B8BFAB?

Its complementary colour is #B2ABBF, and analogous partners are #BFBCAB and #AEBFAB.