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#ACA8BF

Dusty Blue · light cool purple

About #ACA8BF

With the hex code #ACA8BF, this is a light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 66% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 12% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Dusty Blue — a ΔE of 10.3 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BBBFA8, 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 — 9.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green168
Blue191

Closest named colours

Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 10.3
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.7
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 14.9

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

Text on #ACA8BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty blue #ACA8BF.
2.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty blue #ACA8BF.
9.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACA8BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACA8BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A3ABC0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A4AABE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A9ABAF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACA8BF?

With the hex code #ACA8BF, this is a light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 66% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 12% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ACA8BF?

Use black text. Black on #ACA8BF has a contrast ratio of 9.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACA8BF?

Its complementary colour is #BBBFA8, and analogous partners are #A8AFBF and #B8A8BF.