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Velvet Cake

#9B243F

Contrast at a glance

White text

7.73:1AAA

Black text

2.56:1Fails

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About Velvet Cake

Velvet Cake (#9B243F) is a mid-tone vivid red. Its RGB value is 155, 36, 63 and its HSL value is 346°, 62%, 37%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Velvet Cake, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#9B243F · #249B80

Analogous

#9B247A · #9B243F · #9B4524

Triadic

#9B243F · #3F9B24 · #243F9B

Split complementary

#9B243F · #249B45 · #247A9B

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