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#8FA57F

Sage · light cool green

About #8FA57F

With the hex code #8FA57F, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 56% red, 65% green and 50% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 23% yellow and 35% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Sage — a ΔE of 4.1 — followed by Matcha. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #957FA5, 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 — 7.86:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red143
Green165
Blue127

Closest named colours

Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 4.1
Matcha
#A9B97F · ΔE 12.9
Moss
#8A9A5B · ΔE 14.6

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

Text on #8FA57F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on sage #8FA57F.
2.67:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on sage #8FA57F.
7.86:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8FA57F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8FA57F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A99F7D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A59E81
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#90A29B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8FA57F?

With the hex code #8FA57F, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 56% red, 65% green and 50% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 23% yellow and 35% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #8FA57F?

Use black text. Black on #8FA57F has a contrast ratio of 7.86:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #8FA57F?

Its complementary colour is #957FA5, and analogous partners are #A2A57F and #7FA582.