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Cardinal Mauve

#2C274A

Contrast at a glance

White text

14.04:1AAA

Black text

1.41:1Fails

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About Cardinal Mauve

Cardinal Mauve (#2C274A) is a dark muted blue. Its RGB value is 44, 39, 74 and its HSL value is 249°, 31%, 22%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 14.04:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Cardinal Mauve, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#2C274A · #454A27

Analogous

#27344A · #2C274A · #3D274A

Triadic

#2C274A · #4A2C27 · #274A2C

Split complementary

#2C274A · #4A3D27 · #344A27

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