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#BEC4B2

Light Sage · light cool green

About #BEC4B2

With the hex code #BEC4B2, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 77% green and 70% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 23% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 4.0 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B8B2C4, 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 11.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green196
Blue178

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.0
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 9.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.6

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

Text on #BEC4B2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BEC4B2.
1.79:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BEC4B2.
11.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEC4B2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEC4B2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C7C2B1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C2B3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C0C2BF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEC4B2?

With the hex code #BEC4B2, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 77% green and 70% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 23% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEC4B2?

Use black text. Black on #BEC4B2 has a contrast ratio of 11.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEC4B2?

Its complementary colour is #B8B2C4, and analogous partners are #C4C1B2 and #B5C4B2.