Color
#99b4ea
#99b4eargb(153, 180, 234)hsl(220, 66%, 76%)oklch(0.769 0.083 263.9)Colors that go with #99b4ea
Charcoal, Goldenrod 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 #99b4ea: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Goldenrod #daa520
complementaryshippedGoldenrod sits directly opposite #99b4ea 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 #99b4ea in 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #99b4ea, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #99b4ea: 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Clean Beauty, as the lead colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #99b4ea in 4 real palettes, including PayPal's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #99b4ea: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Telehealth put Midnight Blue beside #99b4ea, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #99b4ea
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #99b4ea as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.09:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.07:1 | 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 #99b4ea as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#99b4ea reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #99b4ea and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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