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Lavender Steel

#C9CBDB

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.61:1Fails

Black text

12.30:1AAA

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About Lavender Steel

Lavender Steel (#C9CBDB) is a light muted blue. Its RGB value is 201, 203, 219 and its HSL value is 233°, 20%, 82%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 12.30:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Lavender Steel, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Shades

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Harmonies

Complementary

#C9CBDB · #DBD9C9

Analogous

#C9D4DB · #C9CBDB · #D0C9DB

Triadic

#C9CBDB · #DBC9CB · #CBDBC9

Split complementary

#C9CBDB · #DBD0C9 · #D4DBC9

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