BlueLightMuted

Pale Shale

#C9CDDB

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.59:1Fails

Black text

12.48:1AAA

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About Pale Shale

Pale Shale (#C9CDDB) is a light muted blue. Its RGB value is 201, 205, 219 and its HSL value is 227°, 20%, 82%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 12.48:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Pale Shale, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#C9CDDB · #DBD7C9

Analogous

#C9D6DB · #C9CDDB · #CEC9DB

Triadic

#C9CDDB · #DBC9CD · #CDDBC9

Split complementary

#C9CDDB · #DBCEC9 · #D6DBC9

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