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Gentle Sea

#ADC9D0

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.74:1Fails

Black text

11.35:1AAA

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About Gentle Sea

Gentle Sea (#ADC9D0) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 173, 201, 208 and its HSL value is 192°, 27%, 75%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.35:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Gentle Sea, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#ADC9D0 · #D0B4AD

Analogous

#ADD0C6 · #ADC9D0 · #ADB7D0

Triadic

#ADC9D0 · #D0ADC9 · #C9D0AD

Split complementary

#ADC9D0 · #D0ADB7 · #D0C6AD

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