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Blue Shale

#BACDCC

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.65:1Fails

Black text

11.97:1AAA

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About Blue Shale

Blue Shale (#BACDCC) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 186, 205, 204 and its HSL value is 177°, 16%, 77%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.97:1 (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

#BACDCC · #CDBABB

Analogous

#BACDC3 · #BACDCC · #BAC4CD

Triadic

#BACDCC · #CCBACD · #CDCCBA

Split complementary

#BACDCC · #CDBAC4 · #CDC3BA

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