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#AEC4BB

Light Sage · light cool green

About #AEC4BB

#AEC4BB is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 77% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 23% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Sage (ΔE 8.9); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C4AEB7 — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #AEC4BB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.41:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red174
Green196
Blue187

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #AEC4BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AEC4BB.
1.84:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AEC4BB.
11.41:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AEC4BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AEC4BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3C1BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BEBEBC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AAC4C1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AEC4BB?

#AEC4BB is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 77% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 23% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #AEC4BB?

Use black text. Black on #AEC4BB has a contrast ratio of 11.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AEC4BB?

Its complementary colour is #C4AEB7, and analogous partners are #AEC4B0 and #AEC2C4.