Open House
Open in tool →Steel blue for trust, warm gold for the sold moment — an approachable brokerage that still feels established.
Color
#97a4bf
#97a4bf
hex
#97a4bfrgb
rgb(151, 164, 191)hsl
hsl(220, 24%, 67%)oklch
oklch(0.718 0.042 265)Closest name: Pewter (#8ba8b7)Relative luminance 0.3689
Colors that go with #97a4bf
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 #97a4bf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #97a4bf 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 #97a4bf in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #97a4bf: 7 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #97a4bf: 4 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #97a4bf: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Patreon's brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #97a4bf in 4 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Darkroom, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #97a4bf, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #97a4bf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #97a4bf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.51:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.38:1 | 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 #97a4bf as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #97a4bf
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 #97a4bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/97a4bf-9ca5c4-df694e-211f2d-e9f0f1?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