Color
#9b5979
#9b5979rgb(155, 89, 121)hsl(331, 27%, 48%)oklch(0.55 0.096 350.2)Colors that go with #9b5979
Teal, Champagne and Dark Olive 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #9b5979 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #9b5979, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
triadicshippedDark Olive Green completes a triad with #9b5979 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Graphite put Orange beside #9b5979, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #9b5979 in 4 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #9b5979: 5 real palettes, including Graphite and Oatmeal, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #9b5979: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #9b5979: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #9b5979
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9b5979 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.12:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.1:1 | 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 #9b5979 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#9b5979 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
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