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Shallow Sea

#9AB7C5

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.11:1Fails

Black text

9.38:1AAA

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About Shallow Sea

Shallow Sea (#9AB7C5) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 154, 183, 197 and its HSL value is 200°, 27%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.38:1 (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

#9AB7C5 · #C5A89A

Analogous

#9AC5BE · #9AB7C5 · #9AA2C5

Triadic

#9AB7C5 · #C59AB7 · #B7C59A

Split complementary

#9AB7C5 · #C59AA2 · #C5BE9A

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