Color
#9b2cba
#9b2cbargb(155, 44, 186)hsl(287, 62%, 45%)oklch(0.526 0.218 317.6)Colors that go with #9b2cba
Denim, Forest Green and Sea Green 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.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #9b2cba: 4 real palettes, including Peacock and Hasbro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryForest Green sits directly opposite #9b2cba on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #9b2cba: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #9b2cba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #9b2cba — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #9b2cba: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
shippedLight Sea Green shows up next to #9b2cba in two real palettes: Taco Bell's brand system and Circuit, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #9b2cba in two real palettes: Superhuman's brand system and Datadog's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #9b2cba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9b2cba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.06:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.46:1 | 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 #9b2cba 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
#9b2cba reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #9b2cba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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