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#AABFA6

Light Sage · light cool green

About #AABFA6

#AABFA6 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 65% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.2); Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BBA6BF — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #AABFA6 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.71:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red170
Green191
Blue166

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.2
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 9.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 13.7

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

Text on #AABFA6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AABFA6.
1.96:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AABFA6.
10.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AABFA6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AABFA6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1BAA5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BDB8A7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A9BDB8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AABFA6?

#AABFA6 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 65% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #AABFA6?

Use black text. Black on #AABFA6 has a contrast ratio of 10.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AABFA6?

Its complementary colour is #BBA6BF, and analogous partners are #B6BFA6 and #A6BFAF.