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#AFCABA

Light Sage · light cool green

About #AFCABA

#AFCABA is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 79% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 6.8); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CAAFBF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #AFCABA for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.98:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red175
Green202
Blue186

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.8
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 13.2
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #AFCABA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AFCABA.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AFCABA.
11.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#AFCABA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9C6B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4C2BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ABCAC5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AFCABA?

#AFCABA is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 79% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #AFCABA?

Use black text. Black on #AFCABA has a contrast ratio of 11.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AFCABA?

Its complementary colour is #CAAFBF, and analogous partners are #B2CAAF and #AFCAC8.