Glacier
Open in tool →Three blues from ice to deep water on a pale surface — a monochromatic winter set with real depth.
Color
#0977ae
#0977ae
hex
#0977aergb
rgb(9, 119, 174)hsl
hsl(200, 90%, 36%)oklch
oklch(0.543 0.121 239.7)Closest name: Brilliant Blue (#0075b3)Relative luminance 0.1631
Colors that go with #0977ae
Charcoal, Crimson and Amber lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #0977ae: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #0977ae: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #0977ae in 7 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #0977ae in 5 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Readymag's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #0977ae in 6 real palettes, including Glacier and Hershey's's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #0977ae in 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDodger Blue is paired with #0977ae in 4 real palettes, including Apple's brand system and HashiCorp's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedFirebrick is paired with #0977ae in 4 real palettes, including AT&T's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #0977ae
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0977ae as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.93:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.26:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #0977ae as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#0977ae reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #0977ae
live endpointPoint any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #0977ae and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/0977ae-9cb2c4-df4e64-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md