Color
#996c88
#996c88rgb(153, 108, 136)hsl(323, 18%, 51%)oklch(0.586 0.069 341.6)Colors that go with #996c88
Charcoal, Champagne and Copper 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 #996c88: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #996c88, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #996c88: 4 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #996c88, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #996c88: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #996c88 in 14 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Greige, as the lead colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #996c88 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Orange #ffa500
shipped3 real palettes, including Graphite and Campus put Orange beside #996c88, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #996c88
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #996c88 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.33:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.86:1 | 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 #996c88 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#996c88 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #996c88 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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