BlueMid-toneMuted

Soft Charcoal

#83809B

Contrast at a glance

White text

3.80:1AA large

Black text

5.21:1AA

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About Soft Charcoal

Soft Charcoal (#83809B) is a mid-tone muted blue. Its RGB value is 131, 128, 155 and its HSL value is 247°, 12%, 55%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 5.21:1 (WCAG AA). Below are ten tints and shades of Soft Charcoal, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#83809B · #989B80

Analogous

#808B9B · #83809B · #90809B

Triadic

#83809B · #9B8380 · #809B83

Split complementary

#83809B · #9B9180 · #8B9B80

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