Color
#997be5
#997be5rgb(153, 123, 229)hsl(257, 67%, 69%)oklch(0.657 0.155 294.8)Colors that go with #997be5
Olive Drab, Amber 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.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryshippedOlive Drab sits directly opposite #997be5 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #997be5 in 4 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #997be5, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #997be5 in 4 real palettes, including Loom's brand system and Roblox's brand system, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #997be5 in 5 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #997be5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #997be5, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #997be5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Real palettes that use #997be5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #997be5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.32:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.32:1 | 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 #997be5 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
#997be5 reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #997be5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/997be5-ac9cc4-dfc24e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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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