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#ABBEC7

Silver · light cool teal

About #ABBEC7

#ABBEC7 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 22% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Silver (ΔE 8.4); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C7B4AB — a greige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABBEC7 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.92:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green190
Blue199

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.4
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #ABBEC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBEC7.
1.92:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBEC7.
10.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABBEC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABBEC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B9BDC8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B5B9C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A4C1C1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABBEC7?

#ABBEC7 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 22% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABBEC7?

Use black text. Black on #ABBEC7 has a contrast ratio of 10.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABBEC7?

Its complementary colour is #C7B4AB, and analogous partners are #ABC7C2 and #ABB0C7.