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Shallow Sea

#9AB8C4

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.09:1Fails

Black text

9.45:1AAA

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About Shallow Sea

Shallow Sea (#9AB8C4) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 154, 184, 196 and its HSL value is 197°, 26%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.45:1 (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

#9AB8C4 · #C4A69A

Analogous

#9AC4BB · #9AB8C4 · #9AA3C4

Triadic

#9AB8C4 · #C49AB8 · #B8C49A

Split complementary

#9AB8C4 · #C49AA3 · #C4BB9A

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