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#ABC0B7

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ABC0B7

With the hex code #ABC0B7, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 75% green and 72% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Light Sage — a ΔE of 9.1 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C0ABB4, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.96:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green192
Blue183

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.3
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #ABC0B7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABC0B7.
1.92:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABC0B7.
10.96:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABC0B7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABC0B7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFBDB7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBBAB8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A7C0BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABC0B7?

With the hex code #ABC0B7, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 75% green and 72% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ABC0B7?

Use black text. Black on #ABC0B7 has a contrast ratio of 10.96:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABC0B7?

Its complementary colour is #C0ABB4, and analogous partners are #ABC0AC and #ABBEC0.