NeutralLightMuted

Explosive Grey

#C4C3C4

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.76:1Fails

Black text

11.27:1AAA

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About Explosive Grey

Explosive Grey (#C4C3C4) is a light neutral. Its RGB value is 196, 195, 196 and its HSL value is 300°, 1%, 77%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.27:1 (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

#C4C3C4 · #C3C4C3

Analogous

#C3C3C4 · #C4C3C4 · #C4C3C3

Triadic

#C4C3C4 · #C4C4C3 · #C3C4C4

Split complementary

#C4C3C4 · #C3C4C3 · #C3C4C3

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