Color

#9db8cd

#9db8cd
hex#9db8cd
rgbrgb(157, 184, 205)
hslhsl(206, 32%, 71%)
oklchoklch(0.769 0.042 241.5)
Closest name: Blues White Shoes (#99badd)Relative luminance 0.4586

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#cdb29d

#9dcdca · #9da1cd

#cd9db8 · #b8cd9d

Split-complementary

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#cd9da1 · #cdca9d

#ca9dcd · #cdb29d · #a1cd9d

Contrast

#9db8cd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.06:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #507a9b as the text (4.57:1)
  • AAA: use #3b5a72 as the text (7.26:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #474747 (4.5:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #292929 (7.05:1)
Aaon black
10.17:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9db8cd as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#9db8cd reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #9db8cd
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 #9db8cd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9db8cd-9caec4-df4e56-1f212d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md