Color
#974e8a
#974e8argb(151, 78, 138)hsl(311, 32%, 45%)oklch(0.533 0.125 334.2)Colors that go with #974e8a
Sea Green, Denim and Orange 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #974e8a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #974e8a: 3 real palettes, including Peacock and Chase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped3 real palettes, including Rippling's brand system and Sunset Boulevard put Orange beside #974e8a, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #974e8a in 3 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #974e8a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
split-complementDark Olive Green is a split-complement of #974e8a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #974e8a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Light Coral #f08080
shippedDesigners have shipped Light Coral with #974e8a: two real palettes: Blush and Sentry's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #974e8a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #974e8a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.57:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.77:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #974e8a 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
#974e8a reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #974e8a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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