Color
#9a97bf
#9a97bfrgb(154, 151, 191)hsl(244, 24%, 67%)oklch(0.693 0.058 288.2)Colors that go with #9a97bf
Charcoal, Amber 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 #9a97bf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #9a97bf in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #9a97bf: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #9a97bf: 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 #9a97bf in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Scale AI's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #9a97bf, as the text colour against it.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle shows up next to #9a97bf in 4 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Blue Mono, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementshippedPeru is a split-complement of #9a97bf: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #9a97bf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9a97bf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.78:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.55:1 | 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 #9a97bf 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 #9a97bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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