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Pāua Shell

#234F56

Contrast at a glance

White text

9.04:1AAA

Black text

2.19:1Fails

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About Pāua Shell

Pāua Shell (#234F56) is a dark muted cyan. Its RGB value is 35, 79, 86 and its HSL value is 188°, 42%, 24%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.04:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Pāua Shell, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#234F56 · #562A23

Analogous

#235644 · #234F56 · #233556

Triadic

#234F56 · #56234F · #4F5623

Split complementary

#234F56 · #562335 · #564423

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