Color

#9db1be

#9db1be
hex#9db1be
rgbrgb(157, 177, 190)
hslhsl(204, 20%, 68%)
oklchoklch(0.749 0.029 236.3)
Closest name: Cool (#96b3b3)Relative luminance 0.4233

Colors that go with #9db1be

Charcoal, Blush Pink and Burlywood lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#beaa9d

#9dbeba · #9da0be

#be9db1 · #b1be9d

Split-complementary

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#be9da0 · #beba9d

#ba9dbe · #beaa9d · #a0be9d

Contrast

#9db1be as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.22:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #5e7a8d as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #455a68 as the text (7.2:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #424242 (4.53:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #212121 (7.26:1)
Aaon black
9.47:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9db1be 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 #9db1be
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.

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

analyze #9db1be and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9db1be-9cafc4-df4e5a-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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