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#B0ACFF

Mauve · light cool blue

About #B0ACFF

With the hex code #B0ACFF, this is a light blue with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 69% red, 67% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 31% cyan, 33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Mauve and Wisteria — a ΔE of 15.2 — followed by Wisteria. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FBFFAC, a butter shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.19:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red176
Green172
Blue255

Closest named colours

Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 15.2
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 17.2
Cornflower
#6495ED · ΔE 17.8

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

Text on #B0ACFF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mauve #B0ACFF.
2.06:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mauve #B0ACFF.
10.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B0ACFF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B0ACFF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#94B7FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#92B2FD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9CBBCA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B0ACFF?

With the hex code #B0ACFF, this is a light blue with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 69% red, 67% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 31% cyan, 33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B0ACFF?

Use black text. Black on #B0ACFF has a contrast ratio of 10.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B0ACFF?

Its complementary colour is #FBFFAC, and analogous partners are #ACD2FF and #D9ACFF.