Color
#9eabbd
#9eabbdrgb(158, 171, 189)hsl(215, 19%, 68%)oklch(0.737 0.03 256.5)Colors that go with #9eabbd
Charcoal, Blue and Burlywood 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 that reads cleanly against #9eabbd without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #9eabbd, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #9eabbd in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #9eabbd: 6 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #9eabbd: 4 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #9eabbd: 4 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Opensea's brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #9eabbd in 4 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Desert Road, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including First Snow and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #9eabbd, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #9eabbd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9eabbd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.33:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.01:1 | 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 #9eabbd 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 #9eabbd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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