Color
#9975bd
#9975bdrgb(153, 117, 189)hsl(270, 35%, 60%)oklch(0.625 0.112 306.4)Colors that go with #9975bd
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 #9975bd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #9975bd in 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Zed's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #9975bd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #9975bd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #9975bd in 3 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #9975bd in 3 real palettes, including Sentry's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #9975bd, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #9975bd in 3 real palettes, including Sephora's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #9975bd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9975bd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.73:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.63:1 | 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 #9975bd as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#9975bd 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 #9975bd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/9975bd-b59cc4-c9cb62-2c1f2d-eae9f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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