Color
#9ae5dd
#9ae5ddrgb(154, 229, 221)hsl(174, 59%, 75%)oklch(0.871 0.075 187.5)Colors that go with #9ae5dd
Charcoal, Lilac 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 #9ae5dd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #9ae5dd 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 #9ae5dd in 4 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #9ae5dd in 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #9ae5dd: 4 real palettes, including Bramble and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #9ae5dd in 4 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #9ae5dd in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #9ae5dd: 7 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Deep Water, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #9ae5dd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9ae5dd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.44:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.63:1 | 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 #9ae5dd as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#9ae5dd reads as light, clean. 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 #9ae5dd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/9ae5dd-a2bebe-d459a1-1f292d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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