BlueLightMuted

Shallow Sea

#9AB6C6

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.13:1Fails

Black text

9.32:1AAA

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About Shallow Sea

Shallow Sea (#9AB6C6) is a light muted blue. Its RGB value is 154, 182, 198 and its HSL value is 202°, 28%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.32:1 (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

#9AB6C6 · #C6AA9A

Analogous

#9AC6C0 · #9AB6C6 · #9AA0C6

Triadic

#9AB6C6 · #C69AB6 · #B6C69A

Split complementary

#9AB6C6 · #C69AA0 · #C6C09A

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