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Shallow Sea

#9BB8C1

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.10:1Fails

Black text

9.45:1AAA

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About Shallow Sea

Shallow Sea (#9BB8C1) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 155, 184, 193 and its HSL value is 194°, 23%, 68%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.45:1 (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

#9BB8C1 · #C1A49B

Analogous

#9BC1B7 · #9BB8C1 · #9BA5C1

Triadic

#9BB8C1 · #C19BB8 · #B8C19B

Split complementary

#9BB8C1 · #C19BA5 · #C1B79B

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