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Shallow Sea

#9DB8C2

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.09:1Fails

Black text

9.49:1AAA

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About Shallow Sea

Shallow Sea (#9DB8C2) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 157, 184, 194 and its HSL value is 196°, 23%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.49:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Shallow Sea, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#9DB8C2 · #C2A79D

Analogous

#9DC2BA · #9DB8C2 · #9DA5C2

Triadic

#9DB8C2 · #C29DB8 · #B8C29D

Split complementary

#9DB8C2 · #C29DA5 · #C2BA9D

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