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#ABD3BB

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ABD3BB

#ABD3BB is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 83% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Sage (ΔE 10.1); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3ABC3 — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABD3BB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.77:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green211
Blue187

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.5
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #ABD3BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABD3BB.
1.64:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ABD3BB.
12.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABD3BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABD3BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2CDBA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CBC8BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A4D2CC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABD3BB?

#ABD3BB is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 83% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABD3BB?

Use black text. Black on #ABD3BB has a contrast ratio of 12.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABD3BB?

Its complementary colour is #D3ABC3, and analogous partners are #AFD3AB and #ABD3CF.