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#BECDAF

Light Sage · light cool green

About #BECDAF

With the hex code #BECDAF, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 80% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% 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 3.6 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BEAFCD, a thistle shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.54:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red190
Green205
Blue175

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 3.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 12.3
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 12.8

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

Text on #BECDAF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BECDAF.
1.67:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BECDAF.
12.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BECDAF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D0C9AD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CEC8B0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFCAC4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BECDAF?

With the hex code #BECDAF, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 80% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BECDAF?

Use black text. Black on #BECDAF has a contrast ratio of 12.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BECDAF?

Its complementary colour is #BEAFCD, and analogous partners are #CDCDAF and #AFCDAF.