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Black Spruce

#4A5552

Contrast at a glance

White text

7.74:1AAA

Black text

2.56:1Fails

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About Black Spruce

Black Spruce (#4A5552) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 74, 85, 82 and its HSL value is 164°, 7%, 31%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.74:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Black Spruce, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#4A5552 · #554A4D

Analogous

#4A554D · #4A5552 · #4A5255

Triadic

#4A5552 · #524A55 · #55524A

Split complementary

#4A5552 · #554A52 · #554D4A

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