Color
#977abd
#977abdrgb(151, 122, 189)hsl(266, 34%, 61%)oklch(0.633 0.103 303.5)Colors that go with #977abd
Charcoal, Taupe and Olive Drab 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 #977abd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #977abd in 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Retool's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #977abd 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 #977abd in 3 real palettes, including Blueprint and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #977abd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #977abd: 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #977abd in 3 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
shippedMedium Slate Blue shows up next to #977abd in 3 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #977abd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #977abd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.6:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.83:1 | 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 #977abd as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #977abd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/977abd-b29cc4-dfd74e-2b1f2d-e9eaf1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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