CyanLightMuted

Shallow Shoal

#9BD6D6

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.62:1Fails

Black text

12.24:1AAA

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About Shallow Shoal

Shallow Shoal (#9BD6D6) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 155, 214, 214 and its HSL value is 180°, 42%, 72%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 12.24:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Shallow Shoal, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#9BD6D6 · #D69B9B

Analogous

#9BD6B9 · #9BD6D6 · #9BB8D6

Triadic

#9BD6D6 · #D69BD6 · #D6D69B

Split complementary

#9BD6D6 · #D69BB9 · #D6B99B

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