Color

#9ab0b1

#9ab0b1
hex#9ab0b1
rgbrgb(154, 176, 177)
hslhsl(183, 13%, 65%)
oklchoklch(0.741 0.024 200)
Closest name: Cool (#96b3b3)Relative luminance 0.411

Colors that go with #9ab0b1

Charcoal, Blue 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 #9ab0b1

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#b19b9a

#9ab1a7 · #9aa5b1

#b19ab0 · #b0b19a

Split-complementary

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#b19aa5 · #b1a79a

#a79ab1 · #b19b9a · #a5b19a

Contrast

#9ab0b1 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.28:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #5f7a7c as the text (4.6:1)
  • AAA: use #475b5c as the text (7.19:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #404040 (4.55:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #212121 (7.07:1)
Aaon black
9.22:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9ab0b1 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 #9ab0b1
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 #9ab0b1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9ab0b1-a2b9be-d4598e-1f262d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md