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#BFC0AF

Light Sage · light warm gray

About #BFC0AF

With the hex code #BFC0AF, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 75% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 5.8 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B0AFC0, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.37:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red191
Green192
Blue175

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.8
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.0
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #BFC0AF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BFC0AF.
1.85:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BFC0AF.
11.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFC0AF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFC0AF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3BEAE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3BFB0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C2BEBB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFC0AF?

With the hex code #BFC0AF, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 75% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BFC0AF?

Use black text. Black on #BFC0AF has a contrast ratio of 11.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFC0AF?

Its complementary colour is #B0AFC0, and analogous partners are #C0B8AF and #B6C0AF.