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Shallow Sea

#9CB9C3

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.07:1Fails

Black text

9.56:1AAA

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About Shallow Sea

Shallow Sea (#9CB9C3) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 156, 185, 195 and its HSL value is 195°, 25%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.56:1 (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

#9CB9C3 · #C3A69C

Analogous

#9CC3B9 · #9CB9C3 · #9CA6C3

Triadic

#9CB9C3 · #C39CB9 · #B9C39C

Split complementary

#9CB9C3 · #C39CA6 · #C3B99C

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