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Petroleum

#21201E

Contrast at a glance

White text

16.28:1AAA

Black text

1.22:1Fails

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About Petroleum

Petroleum (#21201E) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 33, 32, 30 and its HSL value is 40°, 5%, 12%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 16.28:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Petroleum, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#21201E · #1E1F21

Analogous

#211E1E · #21201E · #21211E

Triadic

#21201E · #1E2120 · #201E21

Split complementary

#21201E · #1E2121 · #1E1E21

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