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Heavy Charcoal

#55544F

Contrast at a glance

White text

7.59:1AAA

Black text

2.61:1Fails

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About Heavy Charcoal

Heavy Charcoal (#55544F) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 85, 84, 79 and its HSL value is 50°, 4%, 32%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.59:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Heavy Charcoal, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#55544F · #4F5055

Analogous

#55514F · #55544F · #53554F

Triadic

#55544F · #4F5554 · #544F55

Split complementary

#55544F · #4F5355 · #514F55

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