Color

#972eb8

#972eb8
hex#972eb8
rgbrgb(151, 46, 184)
hslhsl(286, 60%, 45%)
oklchoklch(0.521 0.213 316.6)
Closest name: darkorchid (#9932cc)Relative luminance 0.1199

Colors that go with #972eb8

Denim, Forest Green and Sea 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.

Real palettes that use #972eb8

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#4eb82e

#532eb8 · #b82e93

#b8972e · #2eb897

Split-complementary

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#93b82e · #2eb853

#b8532e · #4eb82e · #2e93b8

Contrast

#972eb8 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
6.18:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #8a2aa7 as the text (7.07:1)
Aaon black
3.4:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #af43d0 as the text (4.54:1)
  • AAA: use #c678dd as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #dedede (4.59:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #972eb8 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

#972eb8 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #972eb8
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

›analyze #972eb8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/972eb8-bd9fc1-adcb62-2d1f2a-ece9f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md