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
#97acc4
#97acc4
hex
#97acc4rgb
rgb(151, 172, 196)hsl
hsl(212, 28%, 68%)oklch
oklch(0.736 0.042 251.9)Closest name: Pewter (#8ba8b7)Relative luminance 0.4007
Colors that go with #97acc4
Charcoal, Sand and Amber 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 #97acc4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #97acc4 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 #97acc4 in 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #97acc4, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #97acc4 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #97acc4: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #97acc4 in 4 real palettes, including JBL's brand system and Riot Games's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #97acc4 in 4 real palettes, including PayPal's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #97acc4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #97acc4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.33:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.01:1 | 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 #97acc4 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #97acc4
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 #97acc4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/97acc4-9caac4-df564e-1f202d-e9f1f1?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