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Shallow Sea

#9BB8C6

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.09:1Fails

Black text

9.49:1AAA

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About Shallow Sea

Shallow Sea (#9BB8C6) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 155, 184, 198 and its HSL value is 200°, 27%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.49:1 (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

#9BB8C6 · #C6A99B

Analogous

#9BC6BF · #9BB8C6 · #9BA3C6

Triadic

#9BB8C6 · #C69BB8 · #B8C69B

Split complementary

#9BB8C6 · #C69BA3 · #C6BF9B

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