Color

#97b1bf

#97b1bf
hex#97b1bf
rgbrgb(151, 177, 191)
hslhsl(201, 24%, 67%)
oklchoklch(0.745 0.035 231.4)
Closest name: Crystal Lake (#88b5c4)Relative luminance 0.4179

Colors that go with #97b1bf

Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Blush Pink 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.

Real palettes that use #97b1bf

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#bfa597

#97bfb9 · #979dbf

#bf97b1 · #b1bf97

Split-complementary

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#bf979d · #bfb997

#b997bf · #bfa597 · #9dbf97

Contrast

#97b1bf as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.24:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #577b8e as the text (4.54:1)
  • AAA: use #405a68 as the text (7.29:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #404040 (4.62:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #212121 (7.17:1)
Aaon black
9.36:1passpasspassPasses 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 #97b1bf 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 #97b1bf
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 #97b1bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/97b1bf-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md