#AFCDAE
Light Sage · light cool green
About #AFCDAE
#AFCDAE is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 80% green and 68% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Sage (ΔE 7.6); Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CCAECD — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use light tones like #AFCDAE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.17:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #AFCDAE
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How #AFCDAE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #AFCDAE?
#AFCDAE is a muted, light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 80% green and 68% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #AFCDAE?
Use black text. Black on #AFCDAE has a contrast ratio of 12.17:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #AFCDAE?
Its complementary colour is #CCAECD, and analogous partners are #BFCDAE and #AECDBD.