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#ABBCA6

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ABBCA6

With the hex code #ABBCA6, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 74% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 5.1 — followed by Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B7A6BC, a thistle shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.48:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green188
Blue166

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.1
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 10.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #ABBCA6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABBCA6.
2.00:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABBCA6.
10.48:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABBCA6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABBCA6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEB8A5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBB6A7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AABAB6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABBCA6?

With the hex code #ABBCA6, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 74% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ABBCA6?

Use black text. Black on #ABBCA6 has a contrast ratio of 10.48:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABBCA6?

Its complementary colour is #B7A6BC, and analogous partners are #B6BCA6 and #A6BCAC.