Color

#9cb4e7

#9cb4e7
hex#9cb4e7
rgbrgb(156, 180, 231)
hslhsl(221, 61%, 76%)
oklchoklch(0.77 0.078 265)
Closest name: Adrift on the Nile (#93b8e3)Relative luminance 0.4548

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#e7cf9c

#9cd9e7 · #aa9ce7

#e79cb4 · #b4e79c

Split-complementary

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#e7aa9c · #d9e79c

#e79cd9 · #e7cf9c · #9ce7aa

Contrast

#9cb4e7 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.08:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4673d2 as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #2a53ac as the text (7.16:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #454545 (4.61:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #262626 (7.28:1)
Aaon black
10.1:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9cb4e7 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#9cb4e7 reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #9cb4e7
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 #9cb4e7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9cb4e7-9ca4c4-df6b4e-211f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md