#8c9db5 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	2.76:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #617898 as the text (4.52:1) AAA: use #485870 as the text (7.23:1) AA: or shift the background to #333333 (4.58:1) AAA: or shift the background to #0d0d0d (7.04:1)
Aaon black	7.61:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8c9db5 as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

Palettes built around it

2f6690 8fa3b8 e3a72f ffffff 1b2a41

Open House

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Steel blue for trust, warm gold for the sold moment — an approachable brokerage that still feels established.

Clean Cool ModernReal Estate

1f6f8b 7fa2b6 e76f51 f5f8fa 15222e

Alpine

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Glacier blue with a safety-orange accent: technical outdoor gear, not lifestyle.

Cool Clean LightOutdoors

4b5d8a 8b97b3 c07a4e eef0f4 1f2430

Dusk

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Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.

Cool Muted Elegant

mcpConnect your agent — build around #8c9db5

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #8c9db5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/8c9db5-9ca8c4-df5d4e-201f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md