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Shallow Sea

#9DB7C2

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.10:1Fails

Black text

9.41:1AAA

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About Shallow Sea

Shallow Sea (#9DB7C2) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 157, 183, 194 and its HSL value is 198°, 23%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.41:1 (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

#9DB7C2 · #C2A89D

Analogous

#9DC2BA · #9DB7C2 · #9DA5C2

Triadic

#9DB7C2 · #C29DB7 · #B7C29D

Split complementary

#9DB7C2 · #C29DA5 · #C2BA9D

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