ColorXprez

#ADCABB

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ADCABB

#ADCABB is a light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 79% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 21% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.6), with Silver the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #CAADBC (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.94:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red173
Green202
Blue187

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.6
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 13.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #ADCABB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ADCABB.
1.76:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ADCABB.
11.94:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ADCABB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9C6BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3C2BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A8CAC5

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ADCABB?

#ADCABB is a light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 79% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 21% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ADCABB?

Use black text. Black on #ADCABB has a contrast ratio of 11.94:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ADCABB?

Its complementary colour is #CAADBC, and analogous partners are #AECAAD and #ADCACA.