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Blue Steel

#515961

Contrast at a glance

White text

7.12:1AAA

Black text

2.78:1Fails

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About Blue Steel

Blue Steel (#515961) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 81, 89, 97 and its HSL value is 210°, 9%, 35%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.12:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Blue Steel, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Shades

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Harmonies

Complementary

#515961 · #615951

Analogous

#516161 · #515961 · #515161

Triadic

#515961 · #615159 · #596151

Split complementary

#515961 · #615151 · #616151

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