Color
#999cb2
#999cb2rgb(153, 156, 178)hsl(233, 14%, 65%)oklch(0.698 0.032 279.4)Colors that go with #999cb2
Charcoal, Sand and Copper 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 #999cb2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #999cb2 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #999cb2: 8 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #999cb2: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #999cb2 in 4 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Darkroom, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #999cb2, as the text colour against it.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementshippedPeru is a split-complement of #999cb2: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #999cb2: 5 real palettes, including Crypto.com's brand system and First Snow, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #999cb2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #999cb2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.71:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.75:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #999cb2 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 #999cb2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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