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#ABC4BB

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ABC4BB

#ABC4BB is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 77% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 23% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Sage (ΔE 9.3); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C4ABB4 — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABC4BB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.35:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green196
Blue187

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.3
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.8

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

Text on #ABC4BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABC4BB.
1.85:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABC4BB.
11.35:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABC4BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABC4BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2C0BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BDBDBC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A6C5C1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABC4BB?

#ABC4BB is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 77% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 23% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABC4BB?

Use black text. Black on #ABC4BB has a contrast ratio of 11.35:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABC4BB?

Its complementary colour is #C4ABB4, and analogous partners are #ABC4AE and #ABC1C4.