Color
#939dbd
#939dbdrgb(147, 157, 189)hsl(226, 24%, 66%)oklch(0.699 0.048 271.5)Colors that go with #939dbd
Charcoal, Sand and Burlywood 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 #939dbd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #939dbd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #939dbd in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Kiln, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #939dbd: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #939dbd: 5 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #939dbd: 5 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #939dbd: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Patreon's brand system, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #939dbd in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Scale AI's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #939dbd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #939dbd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.69:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.8:1 | 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 #939dbd 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 #939dbd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/939dbd-9ca1c4-df774e-221f2d-e9eff1?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