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Blue Shale

#B7C9CD

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.71:1Fails

Black text

11.55:1AAA

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About Blue Shale

Blue Shale (#B7C9CD) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 183, 201, 205 and its HSL value is 191°, 18%, 76%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.55:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Blue Shale, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#B7C9CD · #CDBBB7

Analogous

#B7CDC6 · #B7C9CD · #B7BECD

Triadic

#B7C9CD · #CDB7C9 · #C9CDB7

Split complementary

#B7C9CD · #CDB7BE · #CDC6B7

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