Color
#9c8196
#9c8196rgb(156, 129, 150)hsl(313, 12%, 56%)oklch(0.635 0.044 333.9)Colors that go with #9c8196
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 #9c8196: 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 #9c8196, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #9c8196, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #9c8196: 5 real palettes, including Atelier and Dusk, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Kiln and Estate put Peru beside #9c8196, as the lead colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #9c8196: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and Stone, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #9c8196 in 20 real palettes, including Typewriter and Kiln, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryCadet Blue sits directly opposite #9c8196 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 #9c8196
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9c8196 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.5:1 | 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 #9c8196 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#9c8196 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
›analyze #9c8196 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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