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Black Beauty

#21282C

Contrast at a glance

White text

14.95:1AAA

Black text

1.32:1Fails

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About Black Beauty

Black Beauty (#21282C) is a dark muted blue. Its RGB value is 33, 40, 44 and its HSL value is 202°, 14%, 15%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 14.95:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Black Beauty, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#21282C · #2C2521

Analogous

#212C2B · #21282C · #21232C

Triadic

#21282C · #2C2128 · #282C21

Split complementary

#21282C · #2C2123 · #2C2A21

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