Color

#9cb4e2

#9cb4e2
hex#9cb4e2
rgbrgb(156, 180, 226)
hslhsl(219, 55%, 75%)
oklchoklch(0.768 0.071 263.2)
Closest name: Adrift on the Nile (#93b8e3)Relative luminance 0.452

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#e2ca9c

#9cd8e2 · #a79ce2

#e29cb5 · #b5e29c

Split-complementary

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#e2a79c · #d8e29c

#e29cd8 · #e2ca9c · #9ce2a7

Contrast

#9cb4e2 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.09:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4573c9 as the text (4.62:1)
  • AAA: use #2e559e as the text (7.22:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #454545 (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #262626 (7.24:1)
Aaon black
10.04:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9cb4e2 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#9cb4e2 reads as cool, light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #9cb4e2
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 #9cb4e2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9cb4e2-9ca5c4-df664e-211f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md