Color

#972ebd

#972ebd
hex#972ebd
rgbrgb(151, 46, 189)
hslhsl(284, 61%, 46%)
oklchoklch(0.524 0.217 315.1)
Closest name: darkorchid (#9932cc)Relative luminance 0.1221

Colors that go with #972ebd

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 #972ebd

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#54bd2e

#4f2ebd · #bd2e9b

#bd972e · #2ebd97

Split-complementary

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#9bbd2e · #2ebd4f

#bd4f2e · #54bd2e · #2e9bbd

Contrast

#972ebd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
6.1:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #8629a8 as the text (7.25:1)
Aaon black
3.44:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #ad46d2 as the text (4.58:1)
  • AAA: use #c378de as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #dedede (4.54:1)

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

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

mcpConnect your agent — build around #972ebd
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 #972ebd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/972ebd-bc9fc1-b1cb62-2d1f2b-ebe9f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md