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#ABC2C7

Silver · light cool teal

About #ABC2C7

With the hex code #ABC2C7, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 76% green and 78% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Silver — a ΔE of 8.5 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C7B0AB, a greige shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.27:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green194
Blue199

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.5
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #ABC2C7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABC2C7.
1.86:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABC2C7.
11.27:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABC2C7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABC2C7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEC0C7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9BCC7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A3C4C3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABC2C7?

With the hex code #ABC2C7, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 76% green and 78% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ABC2C7?

Use black text. Black on #ABC2C7 has a contrast ratio of 11.27:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABC2C7?

Its complementary colour is #C7B0AB, and analogous partners are #ABC7BE and #ABB4C7.