Color

#9ba6bb

#9ba6bb
hex#9ba6bb
rgbrgb(155, 166, 187)
hslhsl(219, 19%, 67%)
oklchoklch(0.723 0.033 263.5)
Closest name: Pewter (#8ba8b7)Relative luminance 0.3783

Colors that go with #9ba6bb

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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#bbb09b

#9bb6bb · #a09bbb

#bb9ba6 · #a6bb9b

Split-complementary

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#bba09b · #b6bb9b

#bb9bb6 · #bbb09b · #9bbba0

Contrast

#9ba6bb as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.45:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #657695 as the text (4.59:1)
  • AAA: use #4c5970 as the text (7.07:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3b3b3b (4.57:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (7.1:1)
Aaon black
8.57:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9ba6bb as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

mcpConnect your agent — build around #9ba6bb
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 #9ba6bb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9ba6bb-9ca5c4-df664e-211f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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