Color

#9cb3bf

#9cb3bf
hex#9cb3bf
rgbrgb(156, 179, 191)
hslhsl(201, 21%, 68%)
oklchoklch(0.753 0.031 230.5)
Closest name: Cool (#96b3b3)Relative luminance 0.4307

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#bfa89c

#9cbfb9 · #9ca1bf

#bf9cb3 · #b3bf9c

Split-complementary

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#bf9ca1 · #bfb99c

#b99cbf · #bfa89c · #a1bf9c

Contrast

#9cb3bf as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.18:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #5b7a8b as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #445c69 as the text (7.05:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #424242 (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #242424 (7.11:1)
Aaon black
9.61:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9cb3bf as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

mcpConnect your agent — build around #9cb3bf
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #9cb3bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9cb3bf-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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