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#ACC0AA

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ACC0AA

With the hex code #ACC0AA, 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, 11% 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 4.6 — followed by Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BEAAC0, a thistle shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.87:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red172
Green192
Blue170

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.6
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 11.5
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.8

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

Text on #ACC0AA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACC0AA.
1.93:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACC0AA.
10.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACC0AA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACC0AA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1BCA9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BEBAAB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ABBEBA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACC0AA?

With the hex code #ACC0AA, 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, 11% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ACC0AA?

Use black text. Black on #ACC0AA has a contrast ratio of 10.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACC0AA?

Its complementary colour is #BEAAC0, and analogous partners are #B7C0AA and #AAC0B3.