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#ACC8A7

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ACC8A7

#ACC8A7 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 78% green and 65% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 22% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.8); Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C3A7C8 — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ACC8A7 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.57:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green200
Blue167

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.8
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 9.9
Matcha
#A9B97F · ΔE 15.2

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

Text on #ACC8A7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACC8A7.
1.81:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACC8A7.
11.57:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACC8A7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACC8A7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CAC2A5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C5BFA9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AAC6BF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACC8A7?

#ACC8A7 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 78% green and 65% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 22% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACC8A7?

Use black text. Black on #ACC8A7 has a contrast ratio of 11.57:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACC8A7?

Its complementary colour is #C3A7C8, and analogous partners are #BCC8A7 and #A7C8B2.