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Bitter Liquorice

#242B27

Contrast at a glance

White text

14.48:1AAA

Black text

1.37:1Fails

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About Bitter Liquorice

Bitter Liquorice (#242B27) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 36, 43, 39 and its HSL value is 146°, 9%, 15%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 14.48:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Bitter Liquorice, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#242B27 · #2B2428

Analogous

#252B24 · #242B27 · #242B2B

Triadic

#242B27 · #27242B · #2B2724

Split complementary

#242B27 · #2B242B · #2B2424

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