PurpleDarkMuted

Cold Steel

#271E38

Contrast at a glance

White text

15.80:1AAA

Black text

1.25:1Fails

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About Cold Steel

Cold Steel (#271E38) is a dark muted purple. Its RGB value is 39, 30, 56 and its HSL value is 261°, 30%, 17%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 15.80:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Cold Steel, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#271E38 · #2F381E

Analogous

#1E2238 · #271E38 · #341E38

Triadic

#271E38 · #38271E · #1E3827

Split complementary

#271E38 · #38341E · #22381E

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