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Blue Shale

#B8CDCC

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.66:1Fails

Black text

11.92:1AAA

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About Blue Shale

Blue Shale (#B8CDCC) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 184, 205, 204 and its HSL value is 177°, 17%, 76%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.92:1 (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

#B8CDCC · #CDB8B9

Analogous

#B8CDC2 · #B8CDCC · #B8C3CD

Triadic

#B8CDCC · #CCB8CD · #CDCCB8

Split complementary

#B8CDCC · #CDB8C3 · #CDC1B8

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