Color
#985ca3
#985ca3rgb(152, 92, 163)hsl(291, 28%, 50%)oklch(0.569 0.125 321.2)Colors that go with #985ca3
Sea Green, Orange and Dark Cyan 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 #985ca3 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Campus put Orange beside #985ca3, as the supporting colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementshippedDark Cyan is a split-complement of #985ca3: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #985ca3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #985ca3: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Coral #ff7f50
shippedDesigners have shipped Coral with #985ca3: two real palettes: Dusk Gradient and Clinic, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #985ca3: two real palettes: Peacock and Campus, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedTwo real palettes: Marvel's brand system and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #985ca3, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #985ca3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #985ca3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.78:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.39:1 | 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 #985ca3 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 #985ca3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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