Color
#97a9b4
#97a9b4rgb(151, 169, 180)hsl(203, 16%, 65%)oklch(0.724 0.026 234.6)Colors that go with #97a9b4
Charcoal, Blue 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 that reads cleanly against #97a9b4 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside #97a9b4, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #97a9b4 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Darkroom put Champagne beside #97a9b4, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #97a9b4: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #97a9b4 in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #97a9b4: 4 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #97a9b4: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #97a9b4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #97a9b4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.43:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.65:1 | 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 #97a9b4 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #97a9b4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/97a9b4-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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