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#BCDAC1

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #BCDAC1

#BCDAC1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 85% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Sage (ΔE 8.3); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DABCD5 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCDAC1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.94:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red188
Green218
Blue193

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.3
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 15.2

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

Text on #BCDAC1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCDAC1.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCDAC1.
13.94:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCDAC1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCDAC1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBD4C0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D1C2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B9D9D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDAC1?

#BCDAC1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 85% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDAC1?

Use black text. Black on #BCDAC1 has a contrast ratio of 13.94:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDAC1?

Its complementary colour is #DABCD5, and analogous partners are #C6DABC and #BCDAD0.