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#8EA28F

Sage · light cool gray

About #8EA28F

With the hex code #8EA28F, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 56% red, 64% green and 56% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 36% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Sage — a ΔE of 11.6 — followed by Mushroom. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A28EA1, a taupe shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 7.71:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red142
Green162
Blue143

Closest named colours

Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 11.6
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 11.8
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 13.9

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

Text on #8EA28F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on sage #8EA28F.
2.72:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on sage #8EA28F.
7.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8EA28F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8EA28F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A39E8E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#9F9C90
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8CA19C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8EA28F?

With the hex code #8EA28F, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 56% red, 64% green and 56% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 36% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #8EA28F?

Use black text. Black on #8EA28F has a contrast ratio of 7.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #8EA28F?

Its complementary colour is #A28EA1, and analogous partners are #97A28E and #8EA299.