Color

#c9cbc2

#c9cbc2
hex#c9cbc2
rgbrgb(201, 203, 194)
hslhsl(73, 8%, 78%)
oklchoklch(0.838 0.012 116.9)
Closest name: Argento (#cecac3)Relative luminance 0.5902

Colors that go with #c9cbc2

Charcoal, Amber and Brown 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.

Real palettes that use #c9cbc2

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#c4c2cb

#cbc9c2 · #c5cbc2

#c2c9cb · #cbc2c9

Split-complementary

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#c2c5cb · #c9c2cb

#c2cbc9 · #c4c2cb · #cbc2c5

Contrast

#c9cbc2 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.64:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #737665 as the text (4.66:1)
  • AAA: use #55584b as the text (7.28:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #545454 (4.62:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #383838 (7.15:1)
Aaon black
12.8:1passpasspassPasses 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 #c9cbc2 as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#c9cbc2 reads as muted, light, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #c9cbc2
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #c9cbc2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/c9cbc2-b5bea2-4e75df-242d1f-f1efe9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md