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Blue Shale

#B9CBCE

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.68:1Fails

Black text

11.78:1AAA

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About Blue Shale

Blue Shale (#B9CBCE) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 185, 203, 206 and its HSL value is 189°, 18%, 77%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.78:1 (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

#B9CBCE · #CEBCB9

Analogous

#B9CEC7 · #B9CBCE · #B9C0CE

Triadic

#B9CBCE · #CEB9CB · #CBCEB9

Split complementary

#B9CBCE · #CEB9C0 · #CEC7B9

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