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#BCC4AB

Light Sage · light cool green

About #BCC4AB

With the hex code #BCC4AB, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 77% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 23% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Light Sage — a ΔE of 2.0 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B3ABC4, 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 — 11.62:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green196
Blue171

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 2.0
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.7
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #BCC4AB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCC4AB.
1.81:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCC4AB.
11.62:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCC4AB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCC4AB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C7C1AA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C1AC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BEC1BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCC4AB?

With the hex code #BCC4AB, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 77% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 23% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCC4AB?

Use black text. Black on #BCC4AB has a contrast ratio of 11.62:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCC4AB?

Its complementary colour is #B3ABC4, and analogous partners are #C4C0AB and #AFC4AB.