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Black Spruce

#4A5554

Contrast at a glance

White text

7.72:1AAA

Black text

2.56:1Fails

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About Black Spruce

Black Spruce (#4A5554) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 74, 85, 84 and its HSL value is 175°, 7%, 31%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.72:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Black Spruce, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#4A5554 · #554A4B

Analogous

#4A554F · #4A5554 · #4A5155

Triadic

#4A5554 · #544A55 · #55544A

Split complementary

#4A5554 · #554A51 · #554E4A

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