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Ginger Shortbread

#E5CDC6

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.51:1Fails

Black text

13.09:1AAA

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About Ginger Shortbread

Ginger Shortbread (#E5CDC6) is a light muted red. Its RGB value is 229, 205, 198 and its HSL value is 14°, 37%, 84%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 13.09:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Ginger Shortbread, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#E5CDC6 · #C6DEE5

Analogous

#E5C6CF · #E5CDC6 · #E5DDC6

Triadic

#E5CDC6 · #C6E5CD · #CDC6E5

Split complementary

#E5CDC6 · #C6E5DC · #C6CFE5

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