Color

#96c6cf

#96c6cf
hex#96c6cf
rgbrgb(150, 198, 207)
hslhsl(189, 37%, 70%)
oklchoklch(0.796 0.052 210.4)
Closest name: Continental Waters (#98c6cb)Relative luminance 0.5138

Colors that go with #96c6cf

Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Copper 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.

Real palettes that use #96c6cf

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#cf9f96

#96cfbb · #96aacf

#cf96c6 · #c6cf96

Split-complementary

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#cf96aa · #cfbb96

#bb96cf · #cf9f96 · #aacf96

Contrast

#96c6cf as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.86:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #3f7d88 as the text (4.67:1)
  • AAA: use #2f5d65 as the text (7.31:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4d4d4d (4.54:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #303030 (7.09:1)
Aaon black
11.28:1passpasspassPasses 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 #96c6cf as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#96c6cf reads as cool, light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #96c6cf
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #96c6cf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/96c6cf-a2b7be-df4e7e-1f252d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md