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Tender Waves

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Contrast at a glance

White text

1.49:1Fails

Black text

13.25:1AAA

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About Tender Waves

Tender Waves (#B9D9DF) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 185, 217, 223 and its HSL value is 189°, 37%, 80%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 13.25:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Tender Waves, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Shades

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Harmonies

Complementary

#B9D9DF · #DFBFB9

Analogous

#B9DFD2 · #B9D9DF · #B9C6DF

Triadic

#B9D9DF · #DFB9D9 · #D9DFB9

Split complementary

#B9D9DF · #DFB9C6 · #DFD2B9

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