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#ABE4C8

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #ABE4C8

#ABE4C8 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 89% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.7); Seafoam comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E4ABC7 — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ABE4C8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.66:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green228
Blue200

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.7
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 12.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 17.1

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

Text on #ABE4C8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #ABE4C8.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #ABE4C8.
14.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABE4C8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABE4C8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DCC7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D5CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9FE4DC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABE4C8?

#ABE4C8 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 89% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABE4C8?

Use black text. Black on #ABE4C8 has a contrast ratio of 14.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABE4C8?

Its complementary colour is #E4ABC7, and analogous partners are #ABE4AB and #ABE4E4.