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Velvet Cake

#9C2C3F

Contrast at a glance

White text

7.38:1AAA

Black text

2.68:1Fails

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About Velvet Cake

Velvet Cake (#9C2C3F) is a mid-tone muted red. Its RGB value is 156, 44, 63 and its HSL value is 350°, 56%, 39%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Velvet Cake, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Harmonies

Complementary

#9C2C3F · #2C9C89

Analogous

#9C2C77 · #9C2C3F · #9C512C

Triadic

#9C2C3F · #3F9C2C · #2C3F9C

Split complementary

#9C2C3F · #2C9C51 · #2C779C

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