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Blue Shale

#B8C9CD

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.71:1Fails

Black text

11.57:1AAA

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About Blue Shale

Blue Shale (#B8C9CD) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 184, 201, 205 and its HSL value is 191°, 17%, 76%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.57:1 (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

#B8C9CD · #CDBCB8

Analogous

#B8CDC7 · #B8C9CD · #B8BECD

Triadic

#B8C9CD · #CDB8C9 · #C9CDB8

Split complementary

#B8C9CD · #CDB8BE · #CDC7B8

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