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#BAD7BD

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #BAD7BD

#BAD7BD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 84% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.5); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D7BAD4 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BAD7BD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.54:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red186
Green215
Blue189

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.5
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 15.3

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

Text on #BAD7BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BAD7BD.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BAD7BD.
13.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BAD7BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BAD7BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D1BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3CEBE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B7D6CF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BAD7BD?

#BAD7BD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 84% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BAD7BD?

Use black text. Black on #BAD7BD has a contrast ratio of 13.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BAD7BD?

Its complementary colour is #D7BAD4, and analogous partners are #C5D7BA and #BAD7CC.