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Black Spruce

#4B5550

Contrast at a glance

White text

7.74:1AAA

Black text

2.56:1Fails

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About Black Spruce

Black Spruce (#4B5550) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 75, 85, 80 and its HSL value is 150°, 6%, 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.

Tints

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Complementary

#4B5550 · #554B50

Analogous

#4B554B · #4B5550 · #4B5555

Triadic

#4B5550 · #504B55 · #55504B

Split complementary

#4B5550 · #554B55 · #554B4B

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