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#ACCDB4

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ACCDB4

#ACCDB4 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 80% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.6); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDACC5 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ACCDB4 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.15:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red172
Green205
Blue180

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.6
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 12.5
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 13.9

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

Text on #ACCDB4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACCDB4.
1.73:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ACCDB4.
12.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACCDB4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACCDB4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CDC7B3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C3B5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A8CCC6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACCDB4?

#ACCDB4 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 80% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACCDB4?

Use black text. Black on #ACCDB4 has a contrast ratio of 12.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACCDB4?

Its complementary colour is #CDACC5, and analogous partners are #B5CDAC and #ACCDC5.