Color
#999cc7
#999cc7rgb(153, 156, 199)hsl(236, 29%, 69%)oklch(0.706 0.063 281.5)Colors that go with #999cc7
Charcoal, Amber and Burlywood 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 #999cc7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #999cc7 in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #999cc7 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #999cc7: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #999cc7: 5 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #999cc7 in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Supabase's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including First Snow and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #999cc7, as the text colour against it.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementshippedPeru is a split-complement of #999cc7: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #999cc7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #999cc7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.65:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.93:1 | 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 #999cc7 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 #999cc7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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