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Blue Shale

#BACBCA

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.68:1Fails

Black text

11.77:1AAA

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About Blue Shale

Blue Shale (#BACBCA) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 186, 203, 202 and its HSL value is 176°, 14%, 76%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.77:1 (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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Shades

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Harmonies

Complementary

#BACBCA · #CBBABB

Analogous

#BACBC2 · #BACBCA · #BAC3CB

Triadic

#BACBCA · #CABACB · #CBCABA

Split complementary

#BACBCA · #CBBAC3 · #CBC2BA

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