Thanks for the feedback Ilanthar, do you think the blue "coast highlight" is too dark then?

A little update:

I finished my adjustments with the height map, so now I've moved on to tuning the rivers to fit the new topography. That is somewhat time-consuming, but the map is progressing:

This is what the most recent version looks like:

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