Color

#9db9cd

#9db9cd
hex#9db9cd
rgbrgb(157, 185, 205)
hslhsl(205, 32%, 71%)
oklchoklch(0.771 0.042 239.2)
Closest name: Aquatic (#99c1cc)Relative luminance 0.4627

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#cdb19d

#9dcdc9 · #9da1cd

#cd9db9 · #b9cd9d

Split-complementary

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#cd9da1 · #cdc99d

#c99dcd · #cdb19d · #a1cd9d

Contrast

#9db9cd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.05:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4e7997 as the text (4.66:1)
  • AAA: use #3b5b72 as the text (7.18:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #474747 (4.54:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #292929 (7.1:1)
Aaon black
10.25:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9db9cd as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#9db9cd reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #9db9cd
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 #9db9cd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9db9cd-9cafc4-df4e58-1f212d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md