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Pipe Clay

#C9C7BC

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.70:1Fails

Black text

11.67:1AAA

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About Pipe Clay

Pipe Clay (#C9C7BC) is a light muted yellow. Its RGB value is 201, 199, 188 and its HSL value is 51°, 11%, 76%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.67:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Pipe Clay, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Shades

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Harmonies

Complementary

#C9C7BC · #BCBEC9

Analogous

#C9C1BC · #C9C7BC · #C4C9BC

Triadic

#C9C7BC · #BCC9C7 · #C7BCC9

Split complementary

#C9C7BC · #BCC4C9 · #C0BCC9

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