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Pipe Clay

#C9C8BD

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.68:1Fails

Black text

11.77:1AAA

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About Pipe Clay

Pipe Clay (#C9C8BD) is a light neutral. Its RGB value is 201, 200, 189 and its HSL value is 55°, 10%, 76%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.77:1 (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

#C9C8BD · #BDBEC9

Analogous

#C9C2BD · #C9C8BD · #C4C9BD

Triadic

#C9C8BD · #BDC9C8 · #C8BDC9

Split complementary

#C9C8BD · #BDC4C9 · #C2BDC9

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