Color

#97a6ba

#97a6ba
hex#97a6ba
rgbrgb(151, 166, 186)
hslhsl(214, 20%, 66%)
oklchoklch(0.72 0.034 255.6)
Closest name: Pewter (#8ba8b7)Relative luminance 0.374

Colors that go with #97a6ba

Charcoal, Sand and Blue 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#baab97

#97b7ba · #9997ba

#ba97a6 · #a6ba97

Split-complementary

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#ba9997 · #b7ba97

#ba97b7 · #baab97 · #97ba99

Contrast

#97a6ba as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.48:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #627793 as the text (4.59:1)
  • AAA: use #49596e as the text (7.15:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3b3b3b (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (7.03:1)
Aaon black
8.48:1passpasspassPasses 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 #97a6ba as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

mcpConnect your agent — build around #97a6ba
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 #97a6ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/97a6ba-9ca9c4-df5a4e-1f1f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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