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#BED0BA

Light Sage · light cool green

About #BED0BA

#BED0BA is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 82% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 3.5); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CCBAD0 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #BED0BA for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.92:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green208
Blue186

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 3.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 11.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #BED0BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BED0BA.
1.63:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BED0BA.
12.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BED0BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BED0BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2CCB9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CECABB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BDCECA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BED0BA?

#BED0BA is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 82% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BED0BA?

Use black text. Black on #BED0BA has a contrast ratio of 12.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BED0BA?

Its complementary colour is #CCBAD0, and analogous partners are #C9D0BA and #BAD0C1.