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#BEC3AA

Light Sage · light warm green

About #BEC3AA

With the hex code #BEC3AA, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 76% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 24% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Light Sage — a ΔE of 3.0 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AFAAC3, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.58:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green195
Blue170

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 3.0
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.1
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #BEC3AA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BEC3AA.
1.81:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BEC3AA.
11.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEC3AA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEC3AA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C7C0A9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C1AB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C1C0BC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEC3AA?

With the hex code #BEC3AA, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 76% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 24% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEC3AA?

Use black text. Black on #BEC3AA has a contrast ratio of 11.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEC3AA?

Its complementary colour is #AFAAC3, and analogous partners are #C3BBAA and #B2C3AA.