diff --git a/src/vcpkg/commands.depend-info.cpp b/src/vcpkg/commands.depend-info.cpp
index 0bfbadd975..6901930946 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg/commands.depend-info.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg/commands.depend-info.cpp
@@ -165,6 +165,18 @@ namespace
 
 namespace vcpkg
 {
+    namespace
+    {
+        const char* get_dot_element_style(const std::string& label)
+        {
+            if (!Strings::contains(label, ':')) return "";
+
+            if (Strings::ends_with(label, ":host")) return " [color=gray51 fontcolor=gray51]";
+
+            return " [color=blue fontcolor=blue]";
+        }
+    }
+
     std::string create_dot_as_string(const std::vector<PackageDependInfo>& depend_info)
     {
         int empty_node_count = 0;
@@ -173,7 +185,8 @@ namespace vcpkg
 
         for (const auto& package : depend_info)
         {
-            fmt::format_to(std::back_inserter(s), "\"{}\";\n", package.package);
+            fmt::format_to(
+                std::back_inserter(s), "\"{}\"{};\n", package.package, get_dot_element_style(package.package));
             if (package.dependencies.empty())
             {
                 empty_node_count++;
@@ -182,7 +195,8 @@ namespace vcpkg
 
             for (const auto& d : package.dependencies)
             {
-                fmt::format_to(std::back_inserter(s), "\"{}\" -> \"{}\";\n", package.package, d);
+                fmt::format_to(
+                    std::back_inserter(s), "\"{}\" -> \"{}\"{};\n", package.package, d, get_dot_element_style(d));
             }
         }