Color

#9db4b2

#9db4b2
hex#9db4b2
rgbrgb(157, 180, 178)
hslhsl(175, 13%, 66%)
oklchoklch(0.752 0.026 190.2)
Closest name: Cool (#96b3b3)Relative luminance 0.4302

Colors that go with #9db4b2

Charcoal, Blue and Blush Pink 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.

Real palettes that use #9db4b2

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#b49d9f

#9db4a6 · #9daab4

#b29db4 · #b4b29d

Split-complementary

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#b49daa · #b4a69d

#a69db4 · #b49d9f · #aab49d

Contrast

#9db4b2 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.19:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #5f7c7a as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #475c5a as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #424242 (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #242424 (7.1:1)
Aaon black
9.6:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9db4b2 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 #9db4b2
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 #9db4b2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9db4b2-a2bdbe-d4599f-1f282d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md