ColorXprez

#AEBAA0

Light Sage · light cool green

About #AEBAA0

#AEBAA0 is a light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 73% green and 63% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 27% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 5.3), with Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #ACA0BA (lilac), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.33:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red174
Green186
Blue160

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 5.3
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 9.2
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #AEBAA0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AEBAA0.
2.03:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AEBAA0.
10.33:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AEBAA0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AEBAA0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BDB69F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBB6A1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AFB7B3

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AEBAA0?

#AEBAA0 is a light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 73% green and 63% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 27% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #AEBAA0?

Use black text. Black on #AEBAA0 has a contrast ratio of 10.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AEBAA0?

Its complementary colour is #ACA0BA, and analogous partners are #BAB9A0 and #A1BAA0.