Color

#97abb5

#97abb5
hex#97abb5
rgbrgb(151, 171, 181)
hslhsl(200, 17%, 65%)
oklchoklch(0.729 0.027 229.3)
Closest name: Pewter (#8ba8b7)Relative luminance 0.3904

Colors that go with #97abb5

Charcoal, Burlywood and Champagne 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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#b5a197

#97b5b0 · #979cb5

#b597ab · #abb597

Split-complementary

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#b5979c · #b5b097

#b097b5 · #b5a197 · #9cb597

Contrast

#97abb5 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.38:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #5f7986 as the text (4.6:1)
  • AAA: use #485c65 as the text (7.01:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3d3d3d (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1c1c1c (7.15:1)
Aaon black
8.81:1passpasspassPasses 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 #97abb5 as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

mcpConnect your agent — build around #97abb5
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 #97abb5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/97abb5-9cb2c4-df4e64-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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