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#BCBFAA

Light Sage · light warm green

About #BCBFAA

With the hex code #BCBFAA, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 75% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% 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 4.5 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ADAABF, 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 11.17:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red188
Green191
Blue170

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.5
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 8.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #BCBFAA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCBFAA.
1.88:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCBFAA.
11.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BCBFAA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3BDA9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C2BDAB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFBCB9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCBFAA?

With the hex code #BCBFAA, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 75% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCBFAA?

Use black text. Black on #BCBFAA has a contrast ratio of 11.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCBFAA?

Its complementary colour is #ADAABF, and analogous partners are #BFB7AA and #B2BFAA.