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#ABC2B1

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ABC2B1

#ABC2B1 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 76% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 24% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 6.1); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C2ABBC — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABC2B1 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.08:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green194
Blue177

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.7
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 13.1

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

Text on #ABC2B1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABC2B1.
1.89:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABC2B1.
11.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABC2B1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABC2B1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2BEB0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BEBBB2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A8C1BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABC2B1?

#ABC2B1 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 76% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 24% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABC2B1?

Use black text. Black on #ABC2B1 has a contrast ratio of 11.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABC2B1?

Its complementary colour is #C2ABBC, and analogous partners are #B0C2AB and #ABC2BC.