Color
#9ca9b0
#9ca9b0rgb(156, 169, 176)hsl(201, 11%, 65%)oklch(0.727 0.018 231)Colors that go with #9ca9b0
Charcoal, Blue and Blush Pink 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 that reads cleanly against #9ca9b0 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside #9ca9b0, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #9ca9b0, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #9ca9b0 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Darkroom put Champagne beside #9ca9b0, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #9ca9b0: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #9ca9b0 in 4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and JBL's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #9ca9b0 in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #9ca9b0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9ca9b0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.41:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.72:1 | 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 #9ca9b0 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #9ca9b0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/9ca9b0-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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