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#ACA3FF — Pale Vivid Blue

#ACA3FF is a blue color we call Pale Vivid Blue, closest to the named color LightSkyBlue (#87CEFA). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightskyblue (#87CEFA) — not an exact match. CSS lightskyblue gives you #87CEFA, a different color; use #ACA3FF when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#ACA3FF is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #F6FFA3; it also sits naturally between #A3C8FF and #DAA3FF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACA3FF · RGB 172, 163, 255

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Color values

HEX#ACA3FF
RGB172, 163, 255
HSL246°, 100%, 82%
HSV246°, 36%, 100%
CMYK33%, 36%, 0%, 0%
XYZ48.16, 42.19, 100.21
Yxy42.19, 0.2527, 0.2214
CIE-Lab71.00, 23.62, -44.55
Hunter Lab64.95, 22.52, -51.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 64% · Blue 100%

Cyan 33% · Magenta 36% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #ACA3FF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACA3FF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACA3FF

.text { color: #ACA3FF; }
.background { background-color: #ACA3FF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACA3FF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 163, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(246, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACA3FF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 163, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACA3FF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 163, 255, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACA3FF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACA3FF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACA3FF

#887AFF#6352FF#432EFF#1E05FF#1600DB#1200B3#0E008A#0A0066#06003D#020014

Tints of #ACA3FF

#B1A8FF#BAB3FF#BFB8FF#C8C2FF#CDC7FF#D1CCFF#DAD6FF#DFDBFF#E8E5FF#EDEBFF

Tones of #ACA3FF

#B2AAF9#B7B1F2#BCB7EB#C1BDE5#C6C4DE#CCCBD8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F6FFA3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.23:1 Fails
Against black text9.44:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACA3FF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACA3FF

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #ACA3FF: ·

How #ACA3FF looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #A8A8E9Deuteranopia · #A9A9E3Tritanopia · #ACD7D3

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind indigo 500 · #6366F1

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ACA3FF rather than the exact color:

Palette Ada2ff
#ADA2FF · #C0DEFF · #FFE5F1 · #FFF8E1
Palette B2a4ff
#B2A4FF · #FFB4B4 · #FFDEB4 · #FDF7C3
Palette Fff9ca
#FFF9CA · #FFDEB4 · #FFB4B4 · #B2A4FF
Palette 493d9e
#493D9E · #B2A5FF · #DAD2FF · #FFF2AF
Palette Fdfdbd
#FDFDBD · #C8FFD4 · #B8E8FC · #B1AFFF
Palette Ffe9d0
#FFE9D0 · #FFFED3 · #BBE9FF · #B1AFFF

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#ADA2FF#B2A4FF#B2A5FF#B1AFFF#A5AEFF#9FA1FF#B799FF#B1B2FF#A594F9#A8A6EE#B2A0EE#B7A5F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACA3FE  ·  #ACA400 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACA3FF?

#ACA3FF is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 172, 163, 255). Its closest standard named color is LightSkyBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACA3FF?

#ACA3FF is RGB 172, 163, 255 — HSL 246°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 33%, 36%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #ACA3FF?

Its complement is #F6FFA3; analogous partners are #A3C8FF and #DAA3FF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACA3FF for text?

Black text on #ACA3FF has a contrast ratio of 9.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.23:1.