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Blue Steel

#515A60

Contrast at a glance

White text

7.04:1AAA

Black text

2.81:1Fails

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About Blue Steel

Blue Steel (#515A60) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 81, 90, 96 and its HSL value is 204°, 8%, 35%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.04:1 (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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Harmonies

Complementary

#515A60 · #605751

Analogous

#51605F · #515A60 · #515260

Triadic

#515A60 · #60515A · #5A6051

Split complementary

#515A60 · #605153 · #605F51

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