Color
#9ea8bd
#9ea8bdrgb(158, 168, 189)hsl(221, 19%, 68%)oklch(0.731 0.032 265.3)Colors that go with #9ea8bd
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Sand 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 #9ea8bd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #9ea8bd's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #9ea8bd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #9ea8bd, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #9ea8bd in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #9ea8bd: 7 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #9ea8bd in 4 real palettes, including JBL's brand system and Cartier's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #9ea8bd: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #9ea8bd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9ea8bd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.39:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.79:1 | 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 #9ea8bd as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #9ea8bd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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