Color

#99a4bd

#99a4bd
hex#99a4bd
rgbrgb(153, 164, 189)
hslhsl(222, 21%, 67%)
oklchoklch(0.718 0.039 266.6)
Closest name: Pewter (#8ba8b7)Relative luminance 0.37

Colors that go with #99a4bd

Charcoal, Sand and Blue 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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#bdb299

#99b5bd · #a099bd

#bd99a4 · #a4bd99

Split-complementary

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#bda099 · #b5bd99

#bd99b5 · #bdb299 · #99bda0

Contrast

#99a4bd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.5:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #65759a as the text (4.6:1)
  • AAA: use #4b5672 as the text (7.31:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.69:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #171717 (7.17:1)
Aaon black
8.4:1passpasspassPasses 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 #99a4bd as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

mcpConnect your agent — build around #99a4bd
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 #99a4bd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/99a4bd-9ca3c4-df6e4e-211f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md