Color
#9b787d
#9b787drgb(155, 120, 125)hsl(351, 15%, 54%)oklch(0.608 0.044 8.9)Colors that go with #9b787d
Charcoal, Cadet Blue and Blush Pink 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 #9b787d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #9b787d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Estate put Blush Pink beside #9b787d, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #9b787d, as that palette's text colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #9b787d in 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Desert Road, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped6 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #9b787d, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #9b787d in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Gallery, as the accent.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with #9b787d: 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Bakery, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #9b787d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9b787d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.91:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.38:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #9b787d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#9b787d 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.
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