PurpleDarkMuted

Cold Steel

#2A2436

Contrast at a glance

White text

14.96:1AAA

Black text

1.32:1Fails

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About Cold Steel

Cold Steel (#2A2436) is a dark muted purple. Its RGB value is 42, 36, 54 and its HSL value is 260°, 20%, 18%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 14.96:1 (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

#2A2436 · #303624

Analogous

#242736 · #2A2436 · #332436

Triadic

#2A2436 · #362A24 · #24362A

Split complementary

#2A2436 · #363324 · #273624

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