Color

#9baebb

#9baebb
hex#9baebb
rgbrgb(155, 174, 187)
hslhsl(204, 19%, 67%)
oklchoklch(0.74 0.028 237.7)
Closest name: Cool (#96b3b3)Relative luminance 0.4083

Colors that go with #9baebb

Charcoal, Blush Pink and Burlywood 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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#bba89b

#9bbbb8 · #9b9ebb

#bb9bae · #aebb9b

Split-complementary

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#bb9b9e · #bbb89b

#b89bbb · #bba89b · #9ebb9b

Contrast

#9baebb as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.29:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #5f7a8c as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #465a67 as the text (7.19:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #404040 (4.53:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #212121 (7.03:1)
Aaon black
9.17:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9baebb as the background.

Brands using this color

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

tool url/palettes/new/9baebb-9cafc4-df4e5a-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md