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#BDDABB

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #BDDABB

With the hex code #BDDABB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 85% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Light Sage — a ΔE of 8.8 — followed by Pale Mint. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D8BBDA, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.91:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red189
Green218
Blue187

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 16.1

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

Text on #BDDABB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BDDABB.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BDDABB.
13.91:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BDDABB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCD4B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D1BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BBD8D1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDDABB?

With the hex code #BDDABB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 85% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDDABB?

Use black text. Black on #BDDABB has a contrast ratio of 13.91:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDDABB?

Its complementary colour is #D8BBDA, and analogous partners are #CCDABB and #BBDAC9.