Color

#9cabb4

#9cabb4
hex#9cabb4
rgbrgb(156, 171, 180)
hslhsl(203, 14%, 66%)
oklchoklch(0.732 0.021 234)
Closest name: Crown of Ash (#a1a9a9)Relative luminance 0.3949

Colors that go with #9cabb4

Charcoal, Blue 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.

Real palettes that use #9cabb4

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#b4a59c

#9cb4b2 · #9c9fb4

#b49cab · #abb49c

Split-complementary

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#b49c9f · #b4b29c

#b29cb4 · #b4a59c · #9fb49c

Contrast

#9cabb4 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.36:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #657986 as the text (4.53:1)
  • AAA: use #4b5a63 as the text (7.14:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3d3d3d (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1c1c1c (7.22:1)
Aaon black
8.9:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9cabb4 as the background.

Brands using this color

mcpConnect your agent — build around #9cabb4
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 #9cabb4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9cabb4-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md