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#BCD2C3

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #BCD2C3

#BCD2C3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 82% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 6.7); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D2BCCB — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCD2C3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.14:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green210
Blue195

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.6
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #BCD2C3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCD2C3.
1.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCD2C3.
13.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCD2C3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCD2C3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2CEC2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CECBC4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B9D1CD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCD2C3?

#BCD2C3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 82% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCD2C3?

Use black text. Black on #BCD2C3 has a contrast ratio of 13.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCD2C3?

Its complementary colour is #D2BCCB, and analogous partners are #C0D2BC and #BCD2CE.