Color

#97bfaf

#97bfaf
hex#97bfaf
rgbrgb(151, 191, 175)
hslhsl(156, 24%, 67%)
oklchoklch(0.771 0.048 168.7)
Closest name: Lichen (#8ebaa6)Relative luminance 0.4694

Colors that go with #97bfaf

Charcoal, Champagne and Copper 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 #97bfaf

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#bf97a7

#97bf9b · #97bbbf

#af97bf · #bfaf97

Split-complementary

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#bf97bb · #bf9b97

#9b97bf · #bf97a7 · #bbbf97

Contrast

#97bfaf as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.02:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4e7e6b as the text (4.65:1)
  • AAA: use #3a5f50 as the text (7.16:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #474747 (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #2b2b2b (7:1)
Aaon black
10.39:1passpasspassPasses 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 #97bfaf 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 #97bfaf
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 #97bfaf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/97bfaf-a2beb6-d459c6-1f2d2d-e9f1ea?lock=0&style=vibrant

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