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#BCC2AD

Light Sage · light cool green

About #BCC2AD

With the hex code #BCC2AD, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 76% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 24% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 3.2 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B3ADC2, a thistle shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.46:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green194
Blue173

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 3.2
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 9.3
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #BCC2AD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCC2AD.
1.83:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCC2AD.
11.46:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCC2AD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCC2AD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C5BFAC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4BFAE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BEC0BC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCC2AD?

With the hex code #BCC2AD, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 76% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 24% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCC2AD?

Use black text. Black on #BCC2AD has a contrast ratio of 11.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCC2AD?

Its complementary colour is #B3ADC2, and analogous partners are #C2BDAD and #B2C2AD.