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#ACAFCF

Dusty Blue · light cool blue

About #ACAFCF

#ACAFCF is a muted, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 69% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 15% magenta, 0% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Dusty Blue (ΔE 11.2); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFCCAC — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ACAFCF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 9.79:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green175
Blue207

Closest named colours

Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 11.2
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 13.2
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 14.9

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

Text on #ACAFCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty blue #ACAFCF.
2.15:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty blue #ACAFCF.
9.79:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ACAFCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A7B2D1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A5B0CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A4B4B9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACAFCF?

#ACAFCF is a muted, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 69% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 15% magenta, 0% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACAFCF?

Use black text. Black on #ACAFCF has a contrast ratio of 9.79:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACAFCF?

Its complementary colour is #CFCCAC, and analogous partners are #ACC1CF and #BBACCF.