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#ABC4AF

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ABC4AF

#ABC4AF is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 77% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 23% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.5); Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C4ABC0 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABC4AF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.25:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green196
Blue175

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.5
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 12.8
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 14.5

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

Text on #ABC4AF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABC4AF.
1.87:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABC4AF.
11.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABC4AF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABC4AF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C5BFAE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C0BCB0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A8C3BE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABC4AF?

#ABC4AF is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 77% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 23% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABC4AF?

Use black text. Black on #ABC4AF has a contrast ratio of 11.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABC4AF?

Its complementary colour is #C4ABC0, and analogous partners are #B3C4AB and #ABC4BB.