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#BBBDAA

Light Sage · light warm green

About #BBBDAA

With the hex code #BBBDAA, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 74% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 5.5 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ACAABD, 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 10.97:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red187
Green189
Blue170

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.5
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 6.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #BBBDAA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BBBDAA.
1.91:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BBBDAA.
10.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BBBDAA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0BBA9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C0BCAB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BEBBB7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BBBDAA?

With the hex code #BBBDAA, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 74% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BBBDAA?

Use black text. Black on #BBBDAA has a contrast ratio of 10.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BBBDAA?

Its complementary colour is #ACAABD, and analogous partners are #BDB6AA and #B1BDAA.