Perseverance Color

#acb3c7

Perseverance is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #534c38
Complementary Color #c7c0ac
Color Shade: blue cyan (224.44° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 72.75% (better contrasting with white)
Perseverance Color Sample
Perseverance Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #acb3c7

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Perseverance Color. The Forever Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Vintage Ribbon (#9097b4) for more calm effect. Try Frosty Nightfall as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c7c0ac is the best complementary color to Perseverance. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #acb3c7 complementary color is Bison Hide, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Cadet Blue are #acc0c7 and #b2acc7. Thus found on the left and right of #acb3c7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tower Gray and Chatelle colors as they work well with Perseverance.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Perseverance palette consists of #c0c7ac and #c7b2ac colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c7c0ac). Try Rainee and Cold Turkey colors in combination with #acb3c7, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #acb3c7 offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Perseverance. Thus Rainee and Cold Turkey giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Perseverance contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bison Hide, Lily, and Spring Rain split by 90° on the color wheel. #acb3c7 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, warm magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Perseverance tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#c7c0ac) and two others. The Cold Turkey is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Opal – 120° from the complementary Bison Hide. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c7acb3 and #acc7c0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #acb3c7 is made of 31% red, 33% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Perseverance has a hue angle of 224.44°, a saturation of 19.42% and a lightness of 72.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #acb3c7 is made of 10.59% cyan, 7.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black ink.

HEX #acb3c7
RGB Decimal rgb(172,179,199)
RGB Percentage 31%, 33%, 36%
CMYK 10.59, 7.84, 0, 21.96
HSL hsl(224.44,19.42%,72.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(224.44,13.57%,78.04%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.9803,1.6123,-10.9676)
XYZ xyz(43.4422,45.1344,60.455)
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