First Snow
Open in tool →Ice blue on snow-white with a deep navy — the quietest winter palette; everything is a tint of one cold hue.
Color
#97a9c9
#97a9c9
hex
#97a9c9rgb
rgb(151, 169, 201)hsl
hsl(218, 32%, 69%)oklch
oklch(0.732 0.051 261.9)Closest name: Birdie Num Num (#89acda)Relative luminance 0.3917
Colors that go with #97a9c9
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Sand 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 #97a9c9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #97a9c9's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #97a9c9 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #97a9c9 in 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #97a9c9, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #97a9c9 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #97a9c9: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #97a9c9 in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and PayPal's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #97a9c9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #97a9c9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.38:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.83:1 | 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 #97a9c9 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #97a9c9
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 #97a9c9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/97a9c9-9ca6c4-df644e-201f2d-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