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#A0C8A5

Sage · light cool green

About #A0C8A5

With the hex code #A0C8A5, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 63% red, 78% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Sage — a ΔE of 11.1 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C8A0C3, 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 — 11.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red160
Green200
Blue165

Closest named colours

Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 11.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 12.1
Matcha
#A9B97F · ΔE 15.8

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

Text on #A0C8A5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on sage #A0C8A5.
1.86:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on sage #A0C8A5.
11.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A0C8A5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A0C8A5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9C1A3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C2BCA7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9BC6BE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A0C8A5?

With the hex code #A0C8A5, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 63% red, 78% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #A0C8A5?

Use black text. Black on #A0C8A5 has a contrast ratio of 11.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #A0C8A5?

Its complementary colour is #C8A0C3, and analogous partners are #AFC8A0 and #A0C8B9.