Color

#9dbebd

#9dbebd
hex#9dbebd
rgbrgb(157, 190, 189)
hslhsl(178, 20%, 68%)
oklchoklch(0.777 0.036 194.2)
Closest name: Aquatic (#99c1cc)Relative luminance 0.4767

Colors that go with #9dbebd

Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Champagne 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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#be9d9e

#9dbeac · #9daebe

#bd9dbe · #bebd9d

Split-complementary

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#be9dae · #beac9d

#ac9dbe · #be9d9e · #aebe9d

Contrast

#9dbebd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.99:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #547d7c as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #3d5c5b as the text (7.29:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #474747 (4.66:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #2b2b2b (7.1:1)
Aaon black
10.53:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9dbebd 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 #9dbebd
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 #9dbebd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9dbebd-a2bcbe-d45999-1f282d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md