Color

#9cbdce

#9cbdce
hex#9cbdce
rgbrgb(156, 189, 206)
hslhsl(200, 34%, 71%)
oklchoklch(0.78 0.043 230.4)
Closest name: Aquatic (#99c1cc)Relative luminance 0.4792

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#cead9c

#9ccec6 · #9ca4ce

#ce9cbd · #bdce9c

Split-complementary

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#ce9ca4 · #cec69c

#c69cce · #cead9c · #a4ce9c

Contrast

#9cbdce as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.98:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4a7d96 as the text (4.5:1)
  • AAA: use #365b6d as the text (7.31:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #474747 (4.68:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #2b2b2b (7.14:1)
Aaon black
10.58:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9cbdce as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

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

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

tool url/palettes/new/9cbdce-9cb2c4-df4e64-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md