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#ABC4B2

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ABC4B2

#ABC4B2 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 77% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 23% 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 #C4ABBD — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABC4B2 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.27:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green196
Blue178

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 13.5
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 14.0

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

Text on #ABC4B2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABC4B2.
1.86:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABC4B2.
11.27:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABC4B2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABC4B2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4C0B1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BFBDB3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A8C3BF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABC4B2?

#ABC4B2 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 77% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 23% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABC4B2?

Use black text. Black on #ABC4B2 has a contrast ratio of 11.27:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABC4B2?

Its complementary colour is #C4ABBD, and analogous partners are #B1C4AB and #ABC4BE.