Color
#9261bd
#9261bdrgb(146, 97, 189)hsl(272, 41%, 56%)oklch(0.584 0.144 307.1)Colors that go with #9261bd
Midnight Blue, Taupe and Olive 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.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #9261bd in 4 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Lavender Haze, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #9261bd in 4 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #9261bd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #9261bd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #9261bd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
triadicshippedDark Cyan completes a triad with #9261bd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #9261bd in two real palettes: ClickUp's brand system and Klarna US's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #9261bd in two real palettes: Peacock and Hasbro's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #9261bd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9261bd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.5:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.67:1 | 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 #9261bd as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#9261bd 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 #9261bd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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