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Soft Steel

#404853

Contrast at a glance

White text

9.25:1AAA

Black text

2.14:1Fails

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About Soft Steel

Soft Steel (#404853) is a dark muted blue. Its RGB value is 64, 72, 83 and its HSL value is 215°, 13%, 29%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.25:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Soft Steel, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Harmonies

Complementary

#404853 · #534B40

Analogous

#405253 · #404853 · #424053

Triadic

#404853 · #534048 · #485340

Split complementary

#404853 · #534240 · #525340

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