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#7DBEA2

Sage · light cool green

About #7DBEA2

With the hex code #7DBEA2, this is a light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 49% red, 75% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 34% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Sage and Seafoam — a ΔE of 16.9 — followed by Seafoam. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BE7D99, a rose gold shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.76:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red125
Green190
Blue162

Closest named colours

Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 16.9
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 17.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 20.0

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

Text on #7DBEA2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on sage #7DBEA2.
2.15:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on sage #7DBEA2.
9.76:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #7DBEA2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#7DBEA2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BBB5A1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B0AEA4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#6DBEB6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #7DBEA2?

With the hex code #7DBEA2, this is a light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 49% red, 75% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 34% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #7DBEA2?

Use black text. Black on #7DBEA2 has a contrast ratio of 9.76:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #7DBEA2?

Its complementary colour is #BE7D99, and analogous partners are #7DBE82 and #7DB9BE.