Color
#9b5aaa
#9b5aaargb(155, 90, 170)hsl(289, 32%, 51%)oklch(0.572 0.138 319.9)Colors that go with #9b5aaa
Sea Green, Dark Cyan and Charcoal 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #9b5aaa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementshippedDark Cyan is a split-complement of #9b5aaa: 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 #9b5aaa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #9b5aaa: 3 real palettes, including Linkedin's brand system and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #9b5aaa, as the supporting colour.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #9b5aaa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #9b5aaa in two real palettes: Klarna US's brand system and ClickUp's brand system, as the accent.
Orange #ffa500
shippedTwo real palettes: Sunset Boulevard and Rippling's brand system put Orange beside #9b5aaa, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #9b5aaa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9b5aaa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.73:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.44:1 | 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 #9b5aaa 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 #9b5aaa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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