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#BAD7BC

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #BAD7BC

#BAD7BC is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 73% red, 84% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.5), with Pale Mint the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D7BAD5 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.53:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red186
Green215
Blue188

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.5
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 15.5

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

Text on #BAD7BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BAD7BC.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BAD7BC.
13.53:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BAD7BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BAD7BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D1BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3CEBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B7D5CF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BAD7BC?

#BAD7BC is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 73% red, 84% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BAD7BC?

Use black text. Black on #BAD7BC has a contrast ratio of 13.53:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BAD7BC?

Its complementary colour is #D7BAD5, and analogous partners are #C6D7BA and #BAD7CB.