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#ABBAA5

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ABBAA5

With the hex code #ABBAA5, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 73% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 27% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 5.6 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B4A5BA, a thistle shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green186
Blue165

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.6
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.5
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #ABBAA5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABBAA5.
2.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABBAA5.
10.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABBAA5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABBAA5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BCB6A4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9B5A6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ABB8B4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABBAA5?

With the hex code #ABBAA5, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 73% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 27% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ABBAA5?

Use black text. Black on #ABBAA5 has a contrast ratio of 10.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABBAA5?

Its complementary colour is #B4A5BA, and analogous partners are #B5BAA5 and #A5BAAA.