Color
#996eaa
#996eaargb(153, 110, 170)hsl(283, 26%, 55%)oklch(0.604 0.101 316.1)Colors that go with #996eaa
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 #996eaa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #996eaa in 8 real palettes, including Typewriter and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #996eaa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #996eaa — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Orange #ffa500
shipped3 real palettes, including Campus and Sunset Boulevard put Orange beside #996eaa, as the accent.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #996eaa in 3 real palettes, including Semrush's brand system and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementDark Cyan is a split-complement of #996eaa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #996eaa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #996eaa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #996eaa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.07:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.17:1 | 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 #996eaa 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 #996eaa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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