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#AFCABB

Light Sage · light cool green

About #AFCABB

With the hex code #AFCABB, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 69% red, 79% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 21% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 7.1 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CAAFBE, 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 — 11.99:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red175
Green202
Blue187

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.9
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #AFCABB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AFCABB.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #AFCABB.
11.99:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#AFCABB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9C6BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4C2BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AACAC5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AFCABB?

With the hex code #AFCABB, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 69% red, 79% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 21% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AFCABB?

Use black text. Black on #AFCABB has a contrast ratio of 11.99:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AFCABB?

Its complementary colour is #CAAFBE, and analogous partners are #B1CAAF and #AFCAC8.