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#ADCABC

Light Sage · light cool green

About #ADCABC

#ADCABC is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 79% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 8.0); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CAADBB — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ADCABC for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.95:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red173
Green202
Blue188

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.0
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 13.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #ADCABC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ADCABC.
1.76:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #ADCABC.
11.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ADCABC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9C6BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3C2BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A8CAC6

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Analogous

Triadic

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Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ADCABC?

#ADCABC is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 79% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ADCABC?

Use black text. Black on #ADCABC has a contrast ratio of 11.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ADCABC?

Its complementary colour is #CAADBB, and analogous partners are #ADCAAE and #ADCACA.