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#ACBFAB

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ACBFAB

With the hex code #ACBFAB, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 75% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 4.9 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BEABBF, a thistle shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.79:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red172
Green191
Blue171

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.0
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #ACBFAB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACBFAB.
1.95:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACBFAB.
10.79:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ACBFAB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0BBAA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BDB9AC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ABBEB9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACBFAB?

With the hex code #ACBFAB, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 75% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ACBFAB?

Use black text. Black on #ACBFAB has a contrast ratio of 10.79:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACBFAB?

Its complementary colour is #BEABBF, and analogous partners are #B6BFAB and #ABBFB4.