Glacier
Open in tool →Three blues from ice to deep water on a pale surface — a monochromatic winter set with real depth.
Color
#96daf3
#96daf3
hex
#96daf3rgb
rgb(150, 218, 243)hsl
hsl(196, 79%, 77%)oklch
oklch(0.852 0.077 223)Closest name: Ariel (#aed7ea)Relative luminance 0.631
Colors that go with #96daf3
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Crimson 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 #96daf3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #96daf3's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #96daf3 in 5 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Blue Mono and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #96daf3, as the text colour against it.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #96daf3: 4 real palettes, including Stone and Pine & Birch, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped8 real palettes, including Dusty Blue and Still Water put Slate Gray beside #96daf3, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #96daf3 in 19 real palettes, including Macaron and Nursery, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #96daf3: 4 real palettes, including Sorbet and Mint Chip, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #96daf3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #96daf3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.54:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.62:1 | 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 #96daf3 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#96daf3 reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #96daf3
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #96daf3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/96daf3-9cb5c4-df4e6e-1f232d-e9f1ef?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