Color
#98509b
#98509brgb(152, 80, 155)hsl(298, 32%, 46%)oklch(0.546 0.138 325.8)Colors that go with #98509b
Sea Green, Charcoal and Denim 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 #98509b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #98509b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #98509b: 3 real palettes, including Peacock and Linkedin's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #98509b: 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 #98509b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #98509b in two real palettes: Marvel's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the accent.
Orange #ffa500
shippedTwo real palettes: Rippling's brand system and Sunset Boulevard put Orange beside #98509b, as the lead colour.
Tomato #ff6347
shippedTwo real palettes: Sunset Boulevard and GitLab's brand system put Tomato beside #98509b, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #98509b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #98509b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.31:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.96:1 | 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 #98509b 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 #98509b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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