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#BED5C8

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #BED5C8

With the hex code #BED5C8, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 84% green and 78% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Light Sage — a ΔE of 8.2 — followed by Light Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D5BECB, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.54:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green213
Blue200

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.9
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #BED5C8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BED5C8.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BED5C8.
13.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BED5C8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BED5C8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4D1C7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0CEC9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BAD5D1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BED5C8?

With the hex code #BED5C8, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 84% green and 78% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BED5C8?

Use black text. Black on #BED5C8 has a contrast ratio of 13.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BED5C8?

Its complementary colour is #D5BECB, and analogous partners are #C0D5BE and #BED5D4.