RedMid-toneMuted

Velvet Cake

#9D2A3E

Contrast at a glance

White text

7.41:1AAA

Black text

2.67:1Fails

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About Velvet Cake

Velvet Cake (#9D2A3E) is a mid-tone muted red. Its RGB value is 157, 42, 62 and its HSL value is 350°, 58%, 39%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.41:1 (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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Complementary

#9D2A3E · #2A9D89

Analogous

#9D2A77 · #9D2A3E · #9D502A

Triadic

#9D2A3E · #3E9D2A · #2A3E9D

Split complementary

#9D2A3E · #2A9D50 · #2A779D

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