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#BFD7BA

Light Sage · very light cool green

About #BFD7BA

#BFD7BA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 84% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 6.7), with Pale Mint the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D2BAD7 (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 13.64:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red191
Green215
Blue186

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.7
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 14.3

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

Text on #BFD7BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BFD7BA.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BFD7BA.
13.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFD7BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFD7BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9D2B8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5CFBB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BED5CF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFD7BA?

#BFD7BA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 84% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BFD7BA?

Use black text. Black on #BFD7BA has a contrast ratio of 13.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFD7BA?

Its complementary colour is #D2BAD7, and analogous partners are #CED7BA and #BAD7C3.