Color
#609b9f
#609b9frgb(96, 155, 159)hsl(184, 25%, 50%)oklch(0.651 0.062 201.3)Colors that go with #609b9f
Charcoal, Copper and Blush Pink 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 #609b9f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #609b9f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #609b9f, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #609b9f in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #609b9f: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #609b9f, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Graphite and Gopro's brand system put Orange beside #609b9f, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #609b9f: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #609b9f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #609b9f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.14:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.69:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #609b9f as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Point 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #609b9f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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