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#ACA6BB

Dusty Blue · light cool purple

About #ACA6BB

With the hex code #ACA6BB, this is a light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 65% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 27% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Dusty Blue — a ΔE of 10.6 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B5BBA6, a light sage shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 8.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green166
Blue187

Closest named colours

Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 10.6
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 14.5

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

Text on #ACA6BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty blue #ACA6BB.
2.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty blue #ACA6BB.
8.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACA6BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACA6BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A2A9BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A3A9BA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AAA9AD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACA6BB?

With the hex code #ACA6BB, this is a light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 65% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 27% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ACA6BB?

Use black text. Black on #ACA6BB has a contrast ratio of 8.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACA6BB?

Its complementary colour is #B5BBA6, and analogous partners are #A6ABBB and #B7A6BB.