CyanMid-toneMuted

Salt Blue

#809E9D

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.88:1Fails

Black text

6.88:1AA

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About Salt Blue

Salt Blue (#809E9D) is a mid-tone muted cyan. Its RGB value is 128, 158, 157 and its HSL value is 178°, 13%, 56%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 6.88:1 (WCAG AA). Below are ten tints and shades of Salt Blue, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#809E9D · #9E8081

Analogous

#809E8E · #809E9D · #80909E

Triadic

#809E9D · #9D809E · #9E9D80

Split complementary

#809E9D · #9E8090 · #9E8E80

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