Color
#997ba3
#997ba3rgb(153, 123, 163)hsl(285, 18%, 56%)oklch(0.625 0.068 317.6)Colors that go with #997ba3
Charcoal, Copper and Midnight Blue 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 #997ba3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #997ba3 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #997ba3, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside #997ba3, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #997ba3 in 18 real palettes, including Typewriter and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #997ba3 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped3 real palettes, including Estate and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #997ba3, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #997ba3: 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #997ba3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #997ba3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.67:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.72:1 | 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 #997ba3 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 #997ba3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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