CyanLightMuted

Basin Blue

#B9E0E6

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.41:1Fails

Black text

14.02:1AAA

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About Basin Blue

Basin Blue (#B9E0E6) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 185, 224, 230 and its HSL value is 188°, 47%, 81%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 14.02:1 (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

#B9E0E6 · #E6BFB9

Analogous

#B9E6D6 · #B9E0E6 · #B9CAE6

Triadic

#B9E0E6 · #E6B9E0 · #E0E6B9

Split complementary

#B9E0E6 · #E6B9C9 · #E6D5B9

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