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#ABBBA7

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ABBBA7

With the hex code #ABBBA7, 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 9% 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 5.5 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B7A7BB, 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 — 10.40:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green187
Blue167

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.5
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.7
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #ABBBA7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABBBA7.
2.02:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABBBA7.
10.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABBBA7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABBBA7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BDB7A6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BAB6A8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AAB9B5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABBBA7?

With the hex code #ABBBA7, 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 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 27% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ABBBA7?

Use black text. Black on #ABBBA7 has a contrast ratio of 10.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABBBA7?

Its complementary colour is #B7A7BB, and analogous partners are #B5BBA7 and #A7BBAD.