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#ACBCA9

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ACBCA9

#ACBCA9 is a light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 74% green and 66% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 26% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.4), with Greige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #B9A9BC (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.52:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green188
Blue169

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.4
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.6
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #ACBCA9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACBCA9.
2.00:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACBCA9.
10.52:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACBCA9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACBCA9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BDB8A8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BAB7AA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ABBBB6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACBCA9?

#ACBCA9 is a light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 74% green and 66% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 26% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACBCA9?

Use black text. Black on #ACBCA9 has a contrast ratio of 10.52:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACBCA9?

Its complementary colour is #B9A9BC, and analogous partners are #B6BCA9 and #A9BCAF.