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#AFC7BB

Light Sage · light cool green

About #AFC7BB

With the hex code #AFC7BB, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 69% red, 78% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 7.7 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C7AFBB, a thistle shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.71:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red175
Green199
Blue187

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.7
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.9
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.7

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

Text on #AFC7BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AFC7BB.
1.79:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AFC7BB.
11.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AFC7BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AFC7BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C6C3BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C1C0BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ABC7C3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AFC7BB?

With the hex code #AFC7BB, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 69% red, 78% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AFC7BB?

Use black text. Black on #AFC7BB has a contrast ratio of 11.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AFC7BB?

Its complementary colour is #C7AFBB, and analogous partners are #AFC7AF and #AFC7C7.