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#BCC8A7

Light Sage · light cool green

About #BCC8A7

With the hex code #BCC8A7, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 78% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 4.8 — followed by Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B3A7C8, a lilac shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.96:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green200
Blue167

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.8
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 10.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 12.9

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

Text on #BCC8A7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCC8A7.
1.76:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCC8A7.
11.96:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCC8A7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCC8A7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CCC4A5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CAC3A8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFC5BF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCC8A7?

With the hex code #BCC8A7, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 78% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCC8A7?

Use black text. Black on #BCC8A7 has a contrast ratio of 11.96:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCC8A7?

Its complementary colour is #B3A7C8, and analogous partners are #C8C3A7 and #ABC8A7.