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#BCCFB5

Light Sage · light cool green

About #BCCFB5

With the hex code #BCCFB5, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 81% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 3.4 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C8B5CF, 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 — 12.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green207
Blue181

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 3.4
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 12.7
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.0

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

Text on #BCCFB5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCCFB5.
1.65:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCCFB5.
12.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCCFB5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCCFB5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1CBB4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CEC9B6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BCCDC7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCCFB5?

With the hex code #BCCFB5, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 81% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCCFB5?

Use black text. Black on #BCCFB5 has a contrast ratio of 12.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCCFB5?

Its complementary colour is #C8B5CF, and analogous partners are #C9CFB5 and #B5CFBB.