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#ABBFA4

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ABBFA4

#ABBFA4 is a light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 75% green and 64% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 25% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.3), with Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #B8A4BF (lilac), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green191
Blue164

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.3
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 9.1
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 14.0

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

Text on #ABBFA4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABBFA4.
1.96:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABBFA4.
10.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABBFA4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABBFA4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1BAA3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BEB8A5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ABBDB7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABBFA4?

#ABBFA4 is a light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 75% green and 64% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 25% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABBFA4?

Use black text. Black on #ABBFA4 has a contrast ratio of 10.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABBFA4?

Its complementary colour is #B8A4BF, and analogous partners are #B8BFA4 and #A4BFAB.