Color
#976d86
#976d86rgb(151, 109, 134)hsl(324, 17%, 51%)oklch(0.585 0.064 342.8)Colors that go with #976d86
Charcoal, Sea Green and Champagne 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 body-text near-black for #976d86: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #976d86: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #976d86, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #976d86: 4 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #976d86, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #976d86, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #976d86: 4 real palettes, including Graphite and Riverbed, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #976d86 in 16 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Greige, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #976d86
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #976d86 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.33:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.85:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #976d86 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#976d86 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.
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