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#ACBCA7

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ACBCA7

#ACBCA7 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 74% green and 65% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 26% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.1); Greige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B7A7BC — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ACBCA7 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.51:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green188
Blue167

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.1
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.0
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #ACBCA7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACBCA7.
2.00:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACBCA7.
10.51:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACBCA7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACBCA7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEB8A6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBB7A8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ACBAB6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACBCA7?

#ACBCA7 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 74% green and 65% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 26% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACBCA7?

Use black text. Black on #ACBCA7 has a contrast ratio of 10.51:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACBCA7?

Its complementary colour is #B7A7BC, and analogous partners are #B7BCA7 and #A7BCAC.