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Herring Silver

#C5C7CF

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.69:1Fails

Black text

11.73:1AAA

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About Herring Silver

Herring Silver (#C5C7CF) is a light neutral. Its RGB value is 197, 199, 207 and its HSL value is 228°, 9%, 79%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.73:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Herring Silver, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#C5C7CF · #CFCDC5

Analogous

#C5CCCF · #C5C7CF · #C8C5CF

Triadic

#C5C7CF · #CFC5C7 · #C7CFC5

Split complementary

#C5C7CF · #CFC8C5 · #CCCFC5

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