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Blue Shale

#BAC9CB

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.71:1Fails

Black text

11.60:1AAA

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About Blue Shale

Blue Shale (#BAC9CB) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 186, 201, 203 and its HSL value is 187°, 14%, 76%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.60:1 (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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Harmonies

Complementary

#BAC9CB · #CBBCBA

Analogous

#BACBC4 · #BAC9CB · #BAC1CB

Triadic

#BAC9CB · #CBBAC9 · #C9CBBA

Split complementary

#BAC9CB · #CBBAC1 · #CBC4BA

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