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Blue Steel

#535B5E

Contrast at a glance

White text

6.94:1AA

Black text

2.85:1Fails

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About Blue Steel

Blue Steel (#535B5E) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 83, 91, 94 and its HSL value is 196°, 6%, 35%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 6.94:1 (WCAG AA). 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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Complementary

#535B5E · #5E5653

Analogous

#535E5C · #535B5E · #53565E

Triadic

#535B5E · #5E535B · #5B5E53

Split complementary

#535B5E · #5E5356 · #5E5C53

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