Color
#9c99cc
#9c99ccrgb(156, 153, 204)hsl(244, 33%, 70%)oklch(0.704 0.074 287)Colors that go with #9c99cc
Charcoal, Amber and Copper 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 text near-black for #9c99cc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #9c99cc in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #9c99cc: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #9c99cc: 4 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #9c99cc: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #9c99cc: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #9c99cc in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Obsidian's brand system, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementshippedPeru is a split-complement of #9c99cc: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #9c99cc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9c99cc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.68:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.84:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #9c99cc as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#9c99cc reads as cool, muted, light. 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 #9c99cc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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