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Shale

#4B3F3F

Contrast at a glance

White text

10.09:1AAA

Black text

1.96:1Fails

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About Shale

Shale (#4B3F3F) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 75, 63, 63 and its HSL value is 0°, 9%, 27%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 10.09:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Shale, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#4B3F3F · #3F4B4B

Analogous

#4B3F45 · #4B3F3F · #4B453F

Triadic

#4B3F3F · #3F4B3F · #3F3F4B

Split complementary

#4B3F3F · #3F4B45 · #3F454B

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