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Pipe Clay

#C9C9BB

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.67:1Fails

Black text

11.84:1AAA

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About Pipe Clay

Pipe Clay (#C9C9BB) is a light muted yellow. Its RGB value is 201, 201, 187 and its HSL value is 60°, 11%, 76%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.84:1 (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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Complementary

#C9C9BB · #BBBBC9

Analogous

#C9C2BB · #C9C9BB · #C2C9BB

Triadic

#C9C9BB · #BBC9C9 · #C9BBC9

Split complementary

#C9C9BB · #BBC2C9 · #C2BBC9

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