Color

#9cb3ec

#9cb3ec
hex#9cb3ec
rgbrgb(156, 179, 236)
hslhsl(223, 68%, 77%)
oklchoklch(0.77 0.086 267.4)
Closest name: Adrift on the Nile (#93b8e3)Relative luminance 0.4536

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#ecd69c

#9cdbec · #ae9cec

#ec9cb3 · #b3ec9c

Split-complementary

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#ecae9c · #dbec9c

#ec9cdb · #ecd69c · #9cecae

Contrast

#9cb3ec as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.08:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4771dc as the text (4.5:1)
  • AAA: use #244fbc as the text (7.19:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #454545 (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #262626 (7.26:1)
Aaon black
10.07:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9cb3ec as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#9cb3ec reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #9cb3ec
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 #9cb3ec and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9cb3ec-9ca3c4-df704e-211f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md