NeutralLightMuted

Shining Silver

#C9C5C9

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.71:1Fails

Black text

11.61:1AAA

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About Shining Silver

Shining Silver (#C9C5C9) is a light neutral. Its RGB value is 201, 197, 201 and its HSL value is 300°, 4%, 78%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.61:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Shining Silver, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Shades

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Complementary

#C9C5C9 · #C5C9C5

Analogous

#C7C5C9 · #C9C5C9 · #C9C5C7

Triadic

#C9C5C9 · #C9C9C5 · #C5C9C9

Split complementary

#C9C5C9 · #C7C9C5 · #C5C9C7

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