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#BCC2AF

Light Sage · light cool green

About #BCC2AF

#BCC2AF is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 76% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 24% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 3.8); Greige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B5AFC2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #BCC2AF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.47:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green194
Blue175

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 3.8
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 8.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #BCC2AF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCC2AF.
1.83:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCC2AF.
11.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCC2AF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCC2AF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C5C0AE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4BFB0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BEC0BC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCC2AF?

#BCC2AF is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 76% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 24% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCC2AF?

Use black text. Black on #BCC2AF has a contrast ratio of 11.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCC2AF?

Its complementary colour is #B5AFC2, and analogous partners are #C2BEAF and #B3C2AF.