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#BCDABB

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #BCDABB

#BCDABB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 85% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Sage (ΔE 9.0); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D9BBDA — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCDABB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.88:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red188
Green218
Blue187

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.0
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.7
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 16.3

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

Text on #BCDABB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCDABB.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCDABB.
13.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BCDABB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCD4B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D1BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BAD8D1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDABB?

#BCDABB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 85% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDABB?

Use black text. Black on #BCDABB has a contrast ratio of 13.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDABB?

Its complementary colour is #D9BBDA, and analogous partners are #CCDABB and #BBDAC9.