Color
#998bd0
#998bd0rgb(153, 139, 208)hsl(252, 42%, 68%)oklch(0.676 0.101 292.8)Colors that go with #998bd0
Charcoal, Amber and Deep Sky 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 #998bd0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #998bd0 in 5 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #998bd0: 5 real palettes, including Blueprint and Calm's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #998bd0, as the supporting colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #998bd0: 5 real palettes, including First Snow and Crypto.com's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #998bd0 in 4 real palettes, including Sephora's brand system and Roblox's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #998bd0 in 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Obsidian's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #998bd0: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #998bd0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #998bd0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.02:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.96:1 | 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 #998bd0 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
#998bd0 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 #998bd0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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