Color
#96228e
#96228ergb(150, 34, 142)hsl(304, 63%, 36%)oklch(0.483 0.191 331.2)Colors that go with #96228e
Denim, Sea Green and Teal 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.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #96228e: 4 real palettes, including Peacock and Slack's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #96228e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #96228e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #96228e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #96228e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #96228e in two real palettes: Lenovo's brand system and Gemstone, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #96228e in two real palettes: Superhuman's brand system and Datadog's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
analogousBlue Violet is #96228e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #96228e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #96228e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.2:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.92:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #96228e 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
#96228e reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #96228e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/96228e-c19fba-8ecb62-2d1f26-eee9f1?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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