Color
#9b8289
#9b8289rgb(155, 130, 137)hsl(343, 11%, 56%)oklch(0.632 0.032 359.3)Colors that go with #9b8289
Charcoal, Blush Pink and Champagne 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 #9b8289: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #9b8289, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #9b8289, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #9b8289: 6 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #9b8289: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #9b8289 in 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Darkroom, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #9b8289, as the supporting colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #9b8289: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #9b8289
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9b8289 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.53:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.95:1 | 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 #9b8289 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#9b8289 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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