Color

#97a7be

#97a7be
hex#97a7be
rgbrgb(151, 167, 190)
hslhsl(215, 23%, 67%)
oklchoklch(0.724 0.038 257.4)
Closest name: Pewter (#8ba8b7)Relative luminance 0.3793

Colors that go with #97a7be

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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#beae97

#97bbbe · #9b97be

#be97a8 · #a8be97

Split-complementary

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#be9b97 · #bbbe97

#be97bb · #beae97 · #97be9b

Contrast

#97a7be as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.45:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #60789a as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #475871 as the text (7.24:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3b3b3b (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (7.12:1)
Aaon black
8.59:1passpasspassPasses 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 #97a7be as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

mcpConnect your agent — build around #97a7be
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 #97a7be and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/97a7be-9ca8c4-df5d4e-201f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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