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#ABBFB7

Silver · light cool green

About #ABBFB7

#ABBFB7 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Silver (ΔE 8.8); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFABB3 — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABBFB7 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.87:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green191
Blue183

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.8
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.6
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #ABBFB7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBFB7.
1.93:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBFB7.
10.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABBFB7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABBFB7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEBCB7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BAB9B7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A7BFBD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABBFB7?

#ABBFB7 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABBFB7?

Use black text. Black on #ABBFB7 has a contrast ratio of 10.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABBFB7?

Its complementary colour is #BFABB3, and analogous partners are #ABBFAD and #ABBDBF.