Color
#948bb1
#948bb1rgb(148, 139, 177)hsl(254, 20%, 62%)oklch(0.658 0.057 295.7)Colors that go with #948bb1
Charcoal, Copper and Denim 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 #948bb1: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #948bb1: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Atelier, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #948bb1: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Open House and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #948bb1, as the text colour against it.
Peru #cd853f
triadicshippedPeru completes a triad with #948bb1 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #948bb1: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #948bb1 in 20 real palettes, including Dusk and Typewriter, as the text colour against it.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #948bb1 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #948bb1
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #948bb1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.19:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.59:1 | 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 #948bb1 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 #948bb1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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