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#BEC2B1

Light Sage · light warm green

About #BEC2B1

With the hex code #BEC2B1, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 76% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 24% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 5.0 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B5B1C2, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.54:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red190
Green194
Blue177

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.0
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 8.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.2

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

Text on #BEC2B1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BEC2B1.
1.82:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BEC2B1.
11.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEC2B1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEC2B1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C5C0B0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4C0B2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C0C0BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEC2B1?

With the hex code #BEC2B1, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 76% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 24% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEC2B1?

Use black text. Black on #BEC2B1 has a contrast ratio of 11.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEC2B1?

Its complementary colour is #B5B1C2, and analogous partners are #C2BDB1 and #B5C2B1.