ColorXprez

#B8D2BB

Light Sage · light cool green

About #B8D2BB

#B8D2BB is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 72% red, 82% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.7); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D2B8CF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #B8D2BB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.97:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red184
Green210
Blue187

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.7
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.9
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #B8D2BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B8D2BB.
1.62:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #B8D2BB.
12.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B8D2BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B8D2BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3CDBA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CECABC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5D1CB

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B8D2BB?

#B8D2BB is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 72% red, 82% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B8D2BB?

Use black text. Black on #B8D2BB has a contrast ratio of 12.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B8D2BB?

Its complementary colour is #D2B8CF, and analogous partners are #C2D2B8 and #B8D2C8.