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#A3BEA2

Light Sage · light cool green

About #A3BEA2

#A3BEA2 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 64% red, 75% green and 64% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.8); Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDA2BE — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #A3BEA2 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.44:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red163
Green190
Blue162

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.8
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 8.6
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 16.3

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

Text on #A3BEA2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #A3BEA2.
2.01:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #A3BEA2.
10.44:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A3BEA2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A3BEA2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFB9A0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBB6A3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A1BCB6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A3BEA2?

#A3BEA2 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 64% red, 75% green and 64% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #A3BEA2?

Use black text. Black on #A3BEA2 has a contrast ratio of 10.44:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #A3BEA2?

Its complementary colour is #BDA2BE, and analogous partners are #B1BEA2 and #A2BEAF.