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#BCBFA7

Light Sage · light warm green

About #BCBFA7

With the hex code #BCBFA7, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 75% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% 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 4.3 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AAA7BF, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.15:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green191
Blue167

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.3
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 9.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #BCBFA7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCBFA7.
1.88:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCBFA7.
11.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCBFA7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCBFA7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3BCA6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3BDA8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFBCB8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCBFA7?

With the hex code #BCBFA7, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 75% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCBFA7?

Use black text. Black on #BCBFA7 has a contrast ratio of 11.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCBFA7?

Its complementary colour is #AAA7BF, and analogous partners are #BFB6A7 and #B0BFA7.