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#ABC6C8

Silver · light cool teal

About #ABC6C8

#ABC6C8 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 78% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 22% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Silver (ΔE 9.6); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C8ADAB — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABC6C8 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.64:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green198
Blue200

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #ABC6C8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABC6C8.
1.80:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABC6C8.
11.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABC6C8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABC6C8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2C3C8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BCBFC8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A3C8C6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABC6C8?

#ABC6C8 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 78% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 22% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABC6C8?

Use black text. Black on #ABC6C8 has a contrast ratio of 11.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABC6C8?

Its complementary colour is #C8ADAB, and analogous partners are #ABC8BB and #ABB7C8.