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#ACAFA8

Greige · light neutral

About #ACAFA8

#ACAFA8 is a near-neutral, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 69% green and 66% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 31% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Greige (ΔE 5.4); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ABA8AF — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ACAFA8 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.45:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red172
Green175
Blue168

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 5.4
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 7.8
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 8.3

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

Text on #ACAFA8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #ACAFA8.
2.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #ACAFA8.
9.45:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACAFA8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACAFA8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B0AEA8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#AFAEA8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ACAEAD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACAFA8?

#ACAFA8 is a near-neutral, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 69% green and 66% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 31% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #ACAFA8?

Use black text. Black on #ACAFA8 has a contrast ratio of 9.45:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACAFA8?

Its complementary colour is #ABA8AF, and analogous partners are #AFAFA8 and #A9AFA8.