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#ABBFB4

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ABBFB4

#ABBFB4 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 71% 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 similar to Light Sage (ΔE 8.2); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFABB6 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABBFB4 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green191
Blue180

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.2
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.8
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #ABBFB4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABBFB4.
1.94:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABBFB4.
10.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABBFB4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABBFB4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEBCB3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BAB9B5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A8BFBC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABBFB4?

#ABBFB4 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 71% 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 #ABBFB4?

Use black text. Black on #ABBFB4 has a contrast ratio of 10.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABBFB4?

Its complementary colour is #BFABB6, and analogous partners are #ACBFAB and #ABBFBE.