Color
#995cbc
#995cbcrgb(153, 92, 188)hsl(278, 42%, 55%)oklch(0.583 0.153 311.9)Colors that go with #995cbc
Sea Green, Taupe and Charcoal 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 #995cbc on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #995cbc in 4 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #995cbc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Lavender Haze put Midnight Blue beside #995cbc, as the supporting colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
triadicshippedDark Cyan completes a triad with #995cbc — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #995cbc: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #995cbc in two real palettes: ClickUp's brand system and Klarna US's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #995cbc: two real palettes: Hasbro's brand system and Peacock, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #995cbc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #995cbc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.55:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.61:1 | 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 #995cbc as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#995cbc reads as cool, modern. 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 #995cbc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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