ColorXprez

#BDCDC2

Light Sage · light cool green

About #BDCDC2

With the hex code #BDCDC2, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 80% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 7.3 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CDBDC8, a thistle shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.68:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red189
Green205
Blue194

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.3
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.9
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #BDCDC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BDCDC2.
1.66:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BDCDC2.
12.68:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BDCDC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BDCDC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CDCAC1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CAC8C3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BBCDCA

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDCDC2?

With the hex code #BDCDC2, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 80% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDCDC2?

Use black text. Black on #BDCDC2 has a contrast ratio of 12.68:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDCDC2?

Its complementary colour is #CDBDC8, and analogous partners are #C0CDBD and #BDCDCA.