Color
#9bbaf8
#9bbaf8rgb(155, 186, 248)hsl(220, 87%, 79%)oklch(0.789 0.095 263.8)Colors that go with #9bbaf8
Charcoal, Goldenrod and Amber 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 #9bbaf8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Goldenrod #daa520
complementaryshippedGoldenrod sits directly opposite #9bbaf8 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #9bbaf8 in 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
split-complementshippedDark Orange is a split-complement of #9bbaf8: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #9bbaf8 in 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Open House, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #9bbaf8 in 7 real palettes, including Telehealth and Lavender Milk, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #9bbaf8 in 5 real palettes, including Audible's brand system and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #9bbaf8 in 5 real palettes, including 1password's brand system and Telehealth, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #9bbaf8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9bbaf8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.95:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.77:1 | 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 #9bbaf8 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#9bbaf8 reads as cool, vivid, light. 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 #9bbaf8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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