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#BBBFA8

Light Sage · light warm green

About #BBBFA8

With the hex code #BBBFA8, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 75% green and 66% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 4.0 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ACA8BF, 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 11.13:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red187
Green191
Blue168

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.0
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 8.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #BBBFA8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BBBFA8.
1.89:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BBBFA8.
11.13:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BBBFA8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BBBFA8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3BCA7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C2BDA9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BEBCB8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BBBFA8?

With the hex code #BBBFA8, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 75% green and 66% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BBBFA8?

Use black text. Black on #BBBFA8 has a contrast ratio of 11.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BBBFA8?

Its complementary colour is #ACA8BF, and analogous partners are #BFB8A8 and #AFBFA8.