Color

#9ba3bb

#9ba3bb
hex#9ba3bb
rgbrgb(155, 163, 187)
hslhsl(225, 19%, 67%)
oklchoklch(0.717 0.036 270.9)
Closest name: Pewter (#8ba8b7)Relative luminance 0.3675

Colors that go with #9ba3bb

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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#bbb39b

#9bb3bb · #a39bbb

#bb9ba3 · #a3bb9b

Split-complementary

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#bba39b · #b3bb9b

#bb9bb3 · #bbb39b · #9bbba3

Contrast

#9ba3bb as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.51:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #677398 as the text (4.68:1)
  • AAA: use #4e5873 as the text (7.08:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.66:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #171717 (7.13:1)
Aaon black
8.35:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9ba3bb as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

mcpConnect your agent — build around #9ba3bb
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 #9ba3bb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9ba3bb-9ca1c4-df754e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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