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Tropical Bay

#9DB5B2

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.17:1Fails

Black text

9.13:1AAA

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About Tropical Bay

Tropical Bay (#9DB5B2) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 157, 181, 178 and its HSL value is 172°, 14%, 66%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.13:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Tropical Bay, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#9DB5B2 · #B59DA0

Analogous

#9DB5A6 · #9DB5B2 · #9DACB5

Triadic

#9DB5B2 · #B29DB5 · #B5B29D

Split complementary

#9DB5B2 · #B59DAC · #B5A69D

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