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Blue Shale

#BACACA

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.70:1Fails

Black text

11.68:1AAA

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About Blue Shale

Blue Shale (#BACACA) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 186, 202, 202 and its HSL value is 180°, 13%, 76%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.68:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Blue Shale, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Shades

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Harmonies

Complementary

#BACACA · #CABABA

Analogous

#BACAC2 · #BACACA · #BAC2CA

Triadic

#BACACA · #CABACA · #CACABA

Split complementary

#BACACA · #CABAC2 · #CAC2BA

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