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Cotton Seed

#BDBAB1

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.94:1Fails

Black text

10.20:1AAA

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About Cotton Seed

Cotton Seed (#BDBAB1) is a light neutral. Its RGB value is 189, 186, 177 and its HSL value is 45°, 8%, 72%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 10.20:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Cotton Seed, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#BDBAB1 · #B1B4BD

Analogous

#BDB4B1 · #BDBAB1 · #BABDB1

Triadic

#BDBAB1 · #B1BDBA · #BAB1BD

Split complementary

#BDBAB1 · #B1BABD · #B4B1BD

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