Color
#9480bc
#9480bcrgb(148, 128, 188)hsl(260, 31%, 62%)oklch(0.641 0.091 299.1)Colors that go with #9480bc
Charcoal, Denim and Midnight Blue 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 #9480bc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #9480bc: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #9480bc, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #9480bc in 9 real palettes, including Dusk and Retool's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #9480bc on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #9480bc: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #9480bc in 3 real palettes, including Blueprint and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #9480bc, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #9480bc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9480bc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.46:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.07:1 | 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 #9480bc as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #9480bc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/9480bc-ae9cc4-dfc94e-2a1f2d-e9ebf1?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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