NeutralLightMuted

Explosive Grey

#C4C2C3

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.77:1Fails

Black text

11.17:1AAA

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About Explosive Grey

Explosive Grey (#C4C2C3) is a light neutral. Its RGB value is 196, 194, 195 and its HSL value is 330°, 2%, 76%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.17:1 (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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Complementary

#C4C2C3 · #C2C4C3

Analogous

#C4C2C4 · #C4C2C3 · #C4C2C2

Triadic

#C4C2C3 · #C3C4C2 · #C2C3C4

Split complementary

#C4C2C3 · #C2C4C2 · #C2C4C4

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