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#8FA489

Sage · light cool green

About #8FA489

With the hex code #8FA489, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 56% red, 64% green and 54% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 36% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Sage — a ΔE of 7.5 — followed by Mushroom. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #9E89A4, a lilac shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 7.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red143
Green164
Blue137

Closest named colours

Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 7.5
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 14.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 14.6

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

Text on #8FA489

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on sage #8FA489.
2.68:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on sage #8FA489.
7.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8FA489 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8FA489
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A69F88
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A29D8A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8EA29C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8FA489?

With the hex code #8FA489, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 56% red, 64% green and 54% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 36% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #8FA489?

Use black text. Black on #8FA489 has a contrast ratio of 7.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #8FA489?

Its complementary colour is #9E89A4, and analogous partners are #9DA489 and #89A490.