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Stainless Steel

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Contrast at a glance

White text

1.89:1Fails

Black text

10.45:1AAA

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About Stainless Steel

Stainless Steel (#B4BDCB) is a light muted blue. Its RGB value is 180, 189, 203 and its HSL value is 217°, 18%, 75%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 10.45:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Stainless Steel, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Shades

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Harmonies

Complementary

#B4BDCB · #CBC2B4

Analogous

#B4C9CB · #B4BDCB · #B7B4CB

Triadic

#B4BDCB · #CBB4BD · #BDCBB4

Split complementary

#B4BDCB · #CBB7B4 · #C9CBB4

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