Color
#9c8195
#9c8195rgb(156, 129, 149)hsl(316, 12%, 56%)oklch(0.635 0.043 335.4)Colors that go with #9c8195
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 #9c8195: 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 #9c8195, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #9c8195, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #9c8195: 5 real palettes, including Atelier and Dusk, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Kiln and Estate put Peru beside #9c8195, as the lead colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #9c8195: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and Stone, as the lead colour.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #9c8195 in 4 real palettes, including Sepia Mono and Mushroom, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryCadet Blue sits directly opposite #9c8195 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #9c8195
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9c8195 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.51:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.99:1 | 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 #9c8195 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#9c8195 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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