Color
#96c9ca
#96c9cargb(150, 201, 202)hsl(181, 33%, 69%)oklch(0.801 0.053 197.7)Colors that go with #96c9ca
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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #96c9ca: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #96c9ca on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #96c9ca: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #96c9ca in 4 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Frost & Ember, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #96c9ca: 6 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #96c9ca: 5 real palettes, including UEFA's brand system and Nikon's brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #96c9ca in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Pine & Birch, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Telehealth and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #96c9ca, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #96c9ca
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #96c9ca as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.83:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.5:1 | 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 #96c9ca as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #96c9ca and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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