Color
#9a5b83
#9a5b83rgb(154, 91, 131)hsl(322, 26%, 48%)oklch(0.555 0.098 342.1)Colors that go with #9a5b83
Charcoal, Teal and Orange 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 body-text near-black for #9a5b83: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #9a5b83 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Graphite put Orange beside #9a5b83, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #9a5b83 in 10 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Graphite Mono, as that palette's text colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #9a5b83: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #9a5b83, as that palette's text colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #9a5b83, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedTwo real palettes: Graphite Mono and Blush put Blush Pink beside #9a5b83, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #9a5b83
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9a5b83 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.2:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #9a5b83 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#9a5b83 reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #9a5b83 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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