Color
#9172ca
#9172cargb(145, 114, 202)hsl(261, 45%, 62%)oklch(0.619 0.132 298.7)Colors that go with #9172ca
Charcoal, Olive Drab and Amber 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 #9172ca: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryshippedOlive Drab sits directly opposite #9172ca 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 #9172ca in 4 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #9172ca, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #9172ca in 7 real palettes, including Zed's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #9172ca: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #9172ca: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #9172ca: 3 real palettes, including Blueprint and Calm's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #9172ca
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9172ca as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.84:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.46:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #9172ca 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
#9172ca reads as cool, modern. 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 #9172ca and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/9172ca-af9cc4-dfcb4e-2a1f2d-e9eaf1?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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