Color
#969de9
#969de9rgb(150, 157, 233)hsl(235, 65%, 75%)oklch(0.72 0.111 279.2)Colors that go with #969de9
Charcoal, Dark Khaki and Amber 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 #969de9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite #969de9 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #969de9 in 5 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #969de9: 4 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #969de9: 5 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #969de9: 4 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Opensea's brand system, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
split-complementshippedEmerald Green is a split-complement of #969de9: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
triadicshippedMedium Sea Green completes a triad with #969de9 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #969de9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #969de9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.53:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.3:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #969de9 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
#969de9 reads as cool, vivid, light. 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 #969de9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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