CyanLightMuted

Shallow Shoal

#9CD9D1

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.58:1Fails

Black text

12.50:1AAA

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About Shallow Shoal

Shallow Shoal (#9CD9D1) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 156, 217, 209 and its HSL value is 172°, 45%, 73%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 12.50:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Shallow Shoal, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#9CD9D1 · #D99CA4

Analogous

#9CD9B3 · #9CD9D1 · #9CC2D9

Triadic

#9CD9D1 · #D19CD9 · #D9D19C

Split complementary

#9CD9D1 · #D99CC2 · #D9B39C

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