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#ABFFA3

Mint · very light cool green

About #ABFFA3

#ABFFA3 is a very light, vivid green colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 100% green and 64% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 33% cyan, 0% magenta, 36% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Mint (ΔE 8.4), with Pistachio the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F7A3FF (mauve), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.56:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green255
Blue163

Closest named colours

Mint
#98FF98 · ΔE 8.4
Pistachio
#93C572 · ΔE 21.8
Emerald
#50C878 · ΔE 23.0

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

Text on #ABFFA3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mint #ABFFA3.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mint #ABFFA3.
17.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABFFA3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABFFA3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF09D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F7E8A8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A4FAE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABFFA3?

#ABFFA3 is a very light, vivid green colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 100% green and 64% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 33% cyan, 0% magenta, 36% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABFFA3?

Use black text. Black on #ABFFA3 has a contrast ratio of 17.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABFFA3?

Its complementary colour is #F7A3FF, and analogous partners are #D9FFA3 and #A3FFC9.