Color

#9ba5bb

#9ba5bb
hex#9ba5bb
rgbrgb(155, 165, 187)
hslhsl(221, 19%, 67%)
oklchoklch(0.721 0.034 266.1)
Closest name: Pewter (#8ba8b7)Relative luminance 0.3747

Colors that go with #9ba5bb

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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#bbb19b

#9bb5bb · #a19bbb

#bb9ba5 · #a5bb9b

Split-complementary

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#bba19b · #b5bb9b

#bb9bb5 · #bbb19b · #9bbba1

Contrast

#9ba5bb as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.47:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #657495 as the text (4.68:1)
  • AAA: use #4c5870 as the text (7.15:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3b3b3b (4.53:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (7.04:1)
Aaon black
8.49:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9ba5bb as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

mcpConnect your agent — build around #9ba5bb
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 #9ba5bb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9ba5bb-9ca4c4-df6b4e-211f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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