Color
#917e8d
#917e8drgb(145, 126, 141)hsl(313, 8%, 53%)oklch(0.615 0.032 333.2)Colors that go with #917e8d
Charcoal, Copper and Sea Green 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 body-text near-black for #917e8d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #917e8d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #917e8d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Estate put Blush Pink beside #917e8d, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #917e8d, as that palette's text colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Kiln and Estate put Peru beside #917e8d, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #917e8d in 20 real palettes, including Typewriter and Mushroom, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #917e8d: 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #917e8d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #917e8d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.77:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.57:1 | 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 #917e8d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#917e8d reads as muted, minimal. 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 #917e8d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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