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#ABCABB

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ABCABB

#ABCABB is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 79% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Sage (ΔE 8.2); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CAABBA — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABCABB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.90:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red171
Green202
Blue187

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.2
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.5
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 14.0

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

Text on #ABCABB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABCABB.
1.77:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABCABB.
11.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ABCABB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9C5BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3C1BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A5CAC5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABCABB?

#ABCABB is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 79% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABCABB?

Use black text. Black on #ABCABB has a contrast ratio of 11.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABCABB?

Its complementary colour is #CAABBA, and analogous partners are #ABCAAB and #ABC9CA.