Color

#9dccdd

#9dccdd
hex#9dccdd
rgbrgb(157, 204, 221)
hslhsl(196, 48%, 74%)
oklchoklch(0.818 0.055 222.1)
Closest name: Cloudy Valley (#b1c6d6)Relative luminance 0.5557

Colors that go with #9dccdd

Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Crimson 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 #9dccdd

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#ddae9d

#9dddce · #9dacdd

#dd9dcc · #ccdd9d

Split-complementary

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#dd9dac · #ddce9d

#ce9ddd · #ddae9d · #acdd9d

Contrast

#9dccdd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.73:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #357d97 as the text (4.63:1)
  • AAA: use #285e71 as the text (7.17:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #525252 (4.51:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #333333 (7.29:1)
Aaon black
12.11:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9dccdd as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

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

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

tool url/palettes/new/9dccdd-9cb5c4-df4e6e-1f232d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md