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Blue Shale

#B9CDCB

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.66:1Fails

Black text

11.93:1AAA

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About Blue Shale

Blue Shale (#B9CDCB) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 185, 205, 203 and its HSL value is 174°, 17%, 76%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.93:1 (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

#B9CDCB · #CDB9BB

Analogous

#B9CDC1 · #B9CDCB · #B9C5CD

Triadic

#B9CDCB · #CBB9CD · #CDCBB9

Split complementary

#B9CDCB · #CDB9C5 · #CDC1B9

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