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Shadowed Steel

#4B4D49

Contrast at a glance

White text

8.55:1AAA

Black text

2.32:1Fails

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About Shadowed Steel

Shadowed Steel (#4B4D49) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 75, 77, 73 and its HSL value is 90°, 3%, 29%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.55:1 (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

#4B4D49 · #4B494D

Analogous

#4D4D49 · #4B4D49 · #494D49

Triadic

#4B4D49 · #494B4D · #4D494B

Split complementary

#4B4D49 · #49494D · #4D494D

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