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#AFBFA8

Light Sage · light cool green

About #AFBFA8

With the hex code #AFBFA8, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 69% red, 75% green and 66% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 3.9 — followed by Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B8A8BF, a thistle shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red175
Green191
Blue168

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 3.9
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 11.1
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #AFBFA8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AFBFA8.
1.94:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AFBFA8.
10.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AFBFA8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AFBFA8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1BBA7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BEBAA9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AFBDB8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AFBFA8?

With the hex code #AFBFA8, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 69% red, 75% green and 66% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AFBFA8?

Use black text. Black on #AFBFA8 has a contrast ratio of 10.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AFBFA8?

Its complementary colour is #B8A8BF, and analogous partners are #BBBFA8 and #A8BFAC.