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Shallow Sea

#9CB8C2

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.09:1Fails

Black text

9.47:1AAA

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About Shallow Sea

Shallow Sea (#9CB8C2) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 156, 184, 194 and its HSL value is 196°, 24%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.47:1 (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

#9CB8C2 · #C2A69C

Analogous

#9CC2B9 · #9CB8C2 · #9CA5C2

Triadic

#9CB8C2 · #C29CB8 · #B8C29C

Split complementary

#9CB8C2 · #C29CA5 · #C2B99C

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