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#BED6BC

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #BED6BC

#BED6BC is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 84% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 6.1), with Pale Mint the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D4BCD6 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.53:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green214
Blue188

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 13.7

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

Text on #BED6BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BED6BC.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BED6BC.
13.53:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BED6BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BED6BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D1BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3CEBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BCD4CE

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BED6BC?

#BED6BC is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 84% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BED6BC?

Use black text. Black on #BED6BC has a contrast ratio of 13.53:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BED6BC?

Its complementary colour is #D4BCD6, and analogous partners are #CBD6BC and #BCD6C7.