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Blue Shale

#B9CECD

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.64:1Fails

Black text

12.04:1AAA

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About Blue Shale

Blue Shale (#B9CECD) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 185, 206, 205 and its HSL value is 177°, 18%, 77%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 12.04:1 (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

#B9CECD · #CEB9BA

Analogous

#B9CEC3 · #B9CECD · #B9C4CE

Triadic

#B9CECD · #CDB9CE · #CECDB9

Split complementary

#B9CECD · #CEB9C4 · #CEC3B9

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