Color
#9baedf
#9baedfrgb(155, 174, 223)hsl(223, 52%, 74%)oklch(0.754 0.074 268.1)Colors that go with #9baedf
Charcoal, Amber 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #9baedf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #9baedf in 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #9baedf, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #9baedf in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and PayPal's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #9baedf: 4 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including First Snow and Lavender Milk put Midnight Blue beside #9baedf, as the text colour against it.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle shows up next to #9baedf in 4 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sand #c2b280
complementarySand sits directly opposite #9baedf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #9baedf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9baedf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.21:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.51:1 | 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 #9baedf as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#9baedf reads as cool, 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 #9baedf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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