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#ABBEB2

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ABBEB2

#ABBEB2 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.8); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEABB7 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABBEB2 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.74:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green190
Blue178

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.8
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #ABBEB2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABBEB2.
1.96:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABBEB2.
10.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABBEB2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABBEB2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEBBB1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BAB8B3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A8BEBA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABBEB2?

#ABBEB2 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABBEB2?

Use black text. Black on #ABBEB2 has a contrast ratio of 10.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABBEB2?

Its complementary colour is #BEABB7, and analogous partners are #ADBEAB and #ABBEBC.