Color

#9dcdcb

#9dcdcb
hex#9dcdcb
rgbrgb(157, 205, 203)
hslhsl(178, 32%, 71%)
oklchoklch(0.814 0.05 193)
Closest name: Continental Waters (#98c6cb)Relative luminance 0.5514

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#cd9d9f

#9dcdb3 · #9db7cd

#cb9dcd · #cdcb9d

Split-complementary

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#cd9db7 · #cdb39d

#b39dcd · #cd9d9f · #b7cd9d

Contrast

#9dcdcb as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.75:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #42807e as the text (4.54:1)
  • AAA: use #315e5d as the text (7.27:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4f4f4f (4.69:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #333333 (7.24:1)
Aaon black
12.03:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9dcdcb as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

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

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

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

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Machine-readable: color.md