ColorXprez

#ADBFAA

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ADBFAA

With the hex code #ADBFAA, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 75% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 9% 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 4.5 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCAABF, 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 10.81:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red173
Green191
Blue170

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 4.5
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.9
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #ADBFAA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ADBFAA.
1.94:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ADBFAA.
10.81:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ADBFAA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0BBA9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BDB9AB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ACBDB9

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ADBFAA?

With the hex code #ADBFAA, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 75% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ADBFAA?

Use black text. Black on #ADBFAA has a contrast ratio of 10.81:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ADBFAA?

Its complementary colour is #BCAABF, and analogous partners are #B8BFAA and #AABFB1.