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#BEDDAE

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #BEDDAE

With the hex code #BEDDAE, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 87% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Light Sage — a ΔE of 14.9 — followed by Matcha. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CDAEDD, a lilac 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 14.14:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green221
Blue174

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 14.9
Matcha
#A9B97F · ΔE 14.9
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 15.6

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

Text on #BEDDAE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BEDDAE.
1.48:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BEDDAE.
14.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BEDDAE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1D6AB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCD3B0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BED9D0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEDDAE?

With the hex code #BEDDAE, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 87% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEDDAE?

Use black text. Black on #BEDDAE has a contrast ratio of 14.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEDDAE?

Its complementary colour is #CDAEDD, and analogous partners are #D6DDAE and #AEDDB5.