#AEAABD
Dusty Blue · light cool purple
About #AEAABD
#AEAABD is a muted, light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 67% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 26% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Dusty Blue (ΔE 10.5); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B9BDAA — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use light tones like #AEAABD for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 9.28:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #AEAABD
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #AEAABD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #AEAABD?
#AEAABD is a muted, light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 67% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 26% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #AEAABD?
Use black text. Black on #AEAABD has a contrast ratio of 9.28:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #AEAABD?
Its complementary colour is #B9BDAA, and analogous partners are #AAAFBD and #B8AABD.