Color

#9bc1ca

#9bc1ca
hex#9bc1ca
rgbrgb(155, 193, 202)
hslhsl(191, 31%, 70%)
oklchoklch(0.786 0.043 213.7)
Closest name: Aquatic (#99c1cc)Relative luminance 0.4937

Colors that go with #9bc1ca

Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Copper 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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#caa39b

#9bcabb · #9baaca

#ca9bc2 · #c2ca9b

Split-complementary

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#ca9baa · #cabb9b

#bb9bca · #caa39b · #aaca9b

Contrast

#9bc1ca as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.93:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #487d89 as the text (4.59:1)
  • AAA: use #375f68 as the text (7:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4a4a4a (4.59:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #2e2e2e (7.03:1)
Aaon black
10.87:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9bc1ca as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#9bc1ca reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #9bc1ca
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 #9bc1ca and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9bc1ca-a2b6be-df4e7a-1f252d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md