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#A4BEAA

Light Sage · light cool green

About #A4BEAA

#A4BEAA is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 64% red, 75% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.1); Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEA4B8 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #A4BEAA for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.52:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red164
Green190
Blue170

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.1
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 12.1
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 14.1

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

Text on #A4BEAA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #A4BEAA.
2.00:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #A4BEAA.
10.52:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A4BEAA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A4BEAA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEB9A9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9B6AB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A1BDB8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A4BEAA?

#A4BEAA is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 64% red, 75% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #A4BEAA?

Use black text. Black on #A4BEAA has a contrast ratio of 10.52:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #A4BEAA?

Its complementary colour is #BEA4B8, and analogous partners are #ABBEA4 and #A4BEB7.