Color
#9c9ab1
#9c9ab1rgb(156, 154, 177)hsl(245, 13%, 65%)oklch(0.695 0.033 289.5)Colors that go with #9c9ab1
Charcoal, Sand 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 #9c9ab1: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #9c9ab1 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #9c9ab1: 8 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #9c9ab1: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #9c9ab1 in 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Pine & Birch, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #9c9ab1, as the text colour against it.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementshippedPeru is a split-complement of #9c9ab1: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #9c9ab1: 5 real palettes, including Crypto.com's brand system and First Snow, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #9c9ab1
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9c9ab1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.74:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.67:1 | 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 #9c9ab1 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #9c9ab1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/9c9ab1-a49cc4-dfa54e-261f2d-e9ecf1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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