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#ACBCB0

Light Sage · light cool gray

About #ACBCB0

#ACBCB0 is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 74% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 26% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.8); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCACB8 — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ACBCB0 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.57:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red172
Green188
Blue176

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.8
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.3
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 9.9

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

Text on #ACBCB0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACBCB0.
1.99:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACBCB0.
10.57:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACBCB0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACBCB0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BCB9AF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9B7B1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AABBB8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACBCB0?

#ACBCB0 is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 74% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 26% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACBCB0?

Use black text. Black on #ACBCB0 has a contrast ratio of 10.57:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACBCB0?

Its complementary colour is #BCACB8, and analogous partners are #B0BCAC and #ACBCB8.