NeutralLightMuted

Explosive Grey

#C3C5C3

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.74:1Fails

Black text

11.40:1AAA

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About Explosive Grey

Explosive Grey (#C3C5C3) is a light neutral. Its RGB value is 195, 197, 195 and its HSL value is 120°, 2%, 77%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.40:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Explosive Grey, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Harmonies

Complementary

#C3C5C3 · #C5C3C5

Analogous

#C4C5C3 · #C3C5C3 · #C3C5C4

Triadic

#C3C5C3 · #C3C3C5 · #C5C3C3

Split complementary

#C3C5C3 · #C4C3C5 · #C5C3C4

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