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Shadowed Steel

#49494B

Contrast at a glance

White text

8.98:1AAA

Black text

2.20:1Fails

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About Shadowed Steel

Shadowed Steel (#49494B) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 73, 73, 75 and its HSL value is 240°, 1%, 29%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.98:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Shadowed Steel, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#49494B · #4B4B49

Analogous

#494A4B · #49494B · #4A494B

Triadic

#49494B · #4B4949 · #494B49

Split complementary

#49494B · #4B4A49 · #4A4B49

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