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Yale Blue

#0A5092

Contrast at a glance

White text

8.15:1AAA

Black text

2.43:1Fails

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About Yale Blue

Yale Blue (#0A5092) is a dark vivid blue. Its RGB value is 10, 80, 146 and its HSL value is 209°, 87%, 31%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.15:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Yale Blue, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Harmonies

Complementary

#0A5092 · #924C0A

Analogous

#0A9290 · #0A5092 · #0A0C92

Triadic

#0A5092 · #920A50 · #50920A

Split complementary

#0A5092 · #920A0C · #92900A

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