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#ADBFB2

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ADBFB2

#ADBFB2 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 75% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.1); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFADBA — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ADBFB2 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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Red173
Green191
Blue178

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.9

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

Text on #ADBFB2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ADBFB2.
1.93:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ADBFB2.
10.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ADBFB2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ADBFB2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFBCB1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BCBAB3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ABBEBB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ADBFB2?

#ADBFB2 is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 75% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ADBFB2?

Use black text. Black on #ADBFB2 has a contrast ratio of 10.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ADBFB2?

Its complementary colour is #BFADBA, and analogous partners are #B1BFAD and #ADBFBB.