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#ACC3BE

Silver · light cool teal

About #ACC3BE

#ACC3BE is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 76% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 24% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Silver (ΔE 8.8); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C3ACB1 — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ACC3BE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.30:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red172
Green195
Blue190

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.8
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 11.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #ACC3BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ACC3BE.
1.86:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ACC3BE.
11.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACC3BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACC3BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1C0BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BCBDBE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A7C4C1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACC3BE?

#ACC3BE is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 76% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 24% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACC3BE?

Use black text. Black on #ACC3BE has a contrast ratio of 11.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACC3BE?

Its complementary colour is #C3ACB1, and analogous partners are #ACC3B3 and #ACBCC3.