Color

#9dcdcd

#9dcdcd
hex#9dcdcd
rgbrgb(157, 205, 205)
hslhsl(180, 32%, 71%)
oklchoklch(0.815 0.05 196.2)
Closest name: Continental Waters (#98c6cb)Relative luminance 0.5524

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#cd9d9d

#9dcdb5 · #9db5cd

#cd9dcd · #cdcd9d

Split-complementary

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#cd9db5 · #cdb59d

#b59dcd · #cd9d9d · #b5cd9d

Contrast

#9dcdcd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.74:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #428080 as the text (4.53:1)
  • AAA: use #315e5e as the text (7.26:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4f4f4f (4.7:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #333333 (7.25:1)
Aaon black
12.05:1passpasspassPasses 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 #9dcdcd as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

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

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

tool url/palettes/new/9dcdcd-a2bbbe-d45994-1f272d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md