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Cardinal Mauve

#2D274C

Contrast at a glance

White text

13.94:1AAA

Black text

1.42:1Fails

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About Cardinal Mauve

Cardinal Mauve (#2D274C) is a dark muted blue. Its RGB value is 45, 39, 76 and its HSL value is 250°, 32%, 23%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 13.94:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Cardinal Mauve, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#2D274C · #464C27

Analogous

#27334C · #2D274C · #40274C

Triadic

#2D274C · #4C2D27 · #274C2D

Split complementary

#2D274C · #4C4027 · #334C27

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