Close to Cambridge Blue

#BEC8AF

#BEC8AF is a light, soft, grayish green, close to the color Cambridge Blue. In RGB it’s made of 74.5% red, 78.4% green, and 68.6% blue. Its hue is 84°, with 19% saturation and 74% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #BEC8AF as they’d see it.

Typical vision#BEC8AF
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #BEC8AF

What color is #BEC8AF?

#BEC8AF is a light, soft, grayish green, close to the color Cambridge Blue. In RGB it’s made of 74.5% red, 78.4% green, and 68.6% blue. Its hue is 84°, with 19% saturation and 74% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #BEC8AF in RGB?

#BEC8AF is rgb(190, 200, 175): 190 red, 200 green, and 175 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #BEC8AF in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(5, 0, 13, 22). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #BEC8AF?

PANTONE Warm Gray 2 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #BEC8AF?

Its complement #CAC0D9 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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