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Shadowed Steel

#494A4B

Contrast at a glance

White text

8.88:1AAA

Black text

2.23:1Fails

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About Shadowed Steel

Shadowed Steel (#494A4B) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 73, 74, 75 and its HSL value is 210°, 1%, 29%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.88:1 (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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Shades

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Complementary

#494A4B · #4B4A49

Analogous

#494B4B · #494A4B · #49494B

Triadic

#494A4B · #4B494A · #4A4B49

Split complementary

#494A4B · #4B4949 · #4B4B49

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