NeutralLightMuted

Explosive Grey

#C5C2C3

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.77:1Fails

Black text

11.20:1AAA

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About Explosive Grey

Explosive Grey (#C5C2C3) is a light neutral. Its RGB value is 197, 194, 195 and its HSL value is 340°, 3%, 77%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.20:1 (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

#C5C2C3 · #C2C5C4

Analogous

#C5C2C4 · #C5C2C3 · #C5C3C2

Triadic

#C5C2C3 · #C3C5C2 · #C2C3C5

Split complementary

#C5C2C3 · #C2C5C3 · #C2C4C5

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