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Shallow Sea

#99B7C5

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.11:1Fails

Black text

9.37:1AAA

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About Shallow Sea

Shallow Sea (#99B7C5) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 153, 183, 197 and its HSL value is 199°, 28%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.37:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Shallow Sea, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#99B7C5 · #C5A799

Analogous

#99C5BD · #99B7C5 · #99A1C5

Triadic

#99B7C5 · #C599B7 · #B7C599

Split complementary

#99B7C5 · #C599A1 · #C5BD99

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