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#BED2AD

Light Sage · light cool green

About #BED2AD

With the hex code #BED2AD, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 82% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 18% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 7.9 — followed by Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C1ADD2, a lilac shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 13.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red190
Green210
Blue173

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.9
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 12.9
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.7

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

Text on #BED2AD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BED2AD.
1.61:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BED2AD.
13.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BED2AD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BED2AD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6CDAB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3CBAF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFCFC8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BED2AD?

With the hex code #BED2AD, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 82% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 18% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BED2AD?

Use black text. Black on #BED2AD has a contrast ratio of 13.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BED2AD?

Its complementary colour is #C1ADD2, and analogous partners are #D1D2AD and #ADD2AF.