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Herring Silver

#C8C9CF

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.65:1Fails

Black text

11.98:1AAA

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About Herring Silver

Herring Silver (#C8C9CF) is a light neutral. Its RGB value is 200, 201, 207 and its HSL value is 231°, 7%, 80%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.98:1 (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

#C8C9CF · #CFCEC8

Analogous

#C8CDCF · #C8C9CF · #CBC8CF

Triadic

#C8C9CF · #CFC8C9 · #C9CFC8

Split complementary

#C8C9CF · #CFCBC8 · #CDCFC8

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