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Blue Steel

#535B5F

Contrast at a glance

White text

6.93:1AA

Black text

2.86:1Fails

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About Blue Steel

Blue Steel (#535B5F) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 83, 91, 95 and its HSL value is 200°, 7%, 35%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 6.93:1 (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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Harmonies

Complementary

#535B5F · #5F5753

Analogous

#535F5D · #535B5F · #53555F

Triadic

#535B5F · #5F535B · #5B5F53

Split complementary

#535B5F · #5F5355 · #5F5D53

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