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#BED1BF

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #BED1BF

#BED1BF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 82% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.0); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D1BED0 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BED1BF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.06:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red190
Green209
Blue191

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 11.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #BED1BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BED1BF.
1.61:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BED1BF.
13.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BED1BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BED1BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2CDBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CECBC0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BCD0CC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BED1BF?

#BED1BF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 82% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BED1BF?

Use black text. Black on #BED1BF has a contrast ratio of 13.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BED1BF?

Its complementary colour is #D1BED0, and analogous partners are #C7D1BE and #BED1C9.