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#BFD2B7

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #BFD2B7

#BFD2B7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 82% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 4.2); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CAB7D2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BFD2B7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.12:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red191
Green210
Blue183

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.2
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 12.3
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #BFD2B7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BFD2B7.
1.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BFD2B7.
13.12:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFD2B7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFD2B7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4CDB6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1CCB8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFD0CA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFD2B7?

#BFD2B7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 82% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BFD2B7?

Use black text. Black on #BFD2B7 has a contrast ratio of 13.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFD2B7?

Its complementary colour is #CAB7D2, and analogous partners are #CCD2B7 and #B7D2BD.