CyanLightMuted

Basin Blue

#B9DFE5

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.42:1Fails

Black text

13.91:1AAA

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About Basin Blue

Basin Blue (#B9DFE5) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 185, 223, 229 and its HSL value is 188°, 46%, 81%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 13.91:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Basin Blue, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#B9DFE5 · #E5BFB9

Analogous

#B9E5D5 · #B9DFE5 · #B9C9E5

Triadic

#B9DFE5 · #E5B9DF · #DFE5B9

Split complementary

#B9DFE5 · #E5B9C9 · #E5D5B9

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