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Shallow Sea

#99B8C5

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.10:1Fails

Black text

9.44:1AAA

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About Shallow Sea

Shallow Sea (#99B8C5) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 153, 184, 197 and its HSL value is 198°, 28%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.44:1 (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

#99B8C5 · #C5A699

Analogous

#99C5BC · #99B8C5 · #99A2C5

Triadic

#99B8C5 · #C599B8 · #B8C599

Split complementary

#99B8C5 · #C599A2 · #C5BC99

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