Color

#9aa6bc

#9aa6bc
hex#9aa6bc
rgbrgb(154, 166, 188)
hslhsl(219, 20%, 67%)
oklchoklch(0.723 0.035 262.6)
Closest name: Pewter (#8ba8b7)Relative luminance 0.3777

Colors that go with #9aa6bc

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

Open in tool →

#bcb09a

#9ab7bc · #9f9abc

#bc9aa6 · #a6bc9a

Split-complementary

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#bc9f9a · #b7bc9a

#bc9ab7 · #bcb09a · #9abc9f

Contrast

#9aa6bc as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.45:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #647596 as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #4b5971 as the text (7.08:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3b3b3b (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (7.09:1)
Aaon black
8.55:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9aa6bc as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

mcpConnect your agent — build around #9aa6bc
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 #9aa6bc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9aa6bc-9ca5c4-df664e-211f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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