Comparison of Q/SF selection based on different SFR indicators. Galaxies are classified as Q if they lie 2σ below the SSFR−M_* relation defined by UVJ-selected SF galaxies (blue points). The upper panels display the SSFR−M_* relation for different SFR estimates: our default choice based on UV+24μm (SFR_UVIR), estimate from Prospector fit to photometric data (SFR_Prosp), from Prospector fit to spectrum+photometry instantaneous (SFR_Prosp,s) or averaged over 100 Myr (${\mathrm{SFR}}_{\mathrm{Prosp},\mathrm{s}}^{100}$). The dashed and solid green lines indicate the fitted linear relation to UVJ-SF galaxies and its 2σ offset, respectively. The bottom panels show the histograms of distance from the MS for UVJ-SF (blue) and UVJ-Q (black) galaxies, with the selection cut indicated by the vertical green line. In this plot we show all LEGA-C galaxies in the redshift range of the silver sample.