Color
#9ea0eb
#9ea0ebrgb(158, 160, 235)hsl(238, 66%, 77%)oklch(0.733 0.108 282.2)Colors that go with #9ea0eb
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Dark Khaki 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #9ea0eb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #9ea0eb's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite #9ea0eb on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #9ea0eb in 5 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange is paired with #9ea0eb in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #9ea0eb in 7 real palettes, including First Snow and Lavender Milk, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle is paired with #9ea0eb in 4 real palettes, including Calendly's brand system and Lavender Milk, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #9ea0eb in 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Calendly's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9ea0eb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.42:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.68:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes 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 #9ea0eb as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#9ea0eb reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #9ea0eb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/9ea0eb-9f9cc4-df944e-251f2d-e9edf1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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