Color

#9d255b

#9d255b
hex#9d255b
rgbrgb(157, 37, 91)
hslhsl(333, 62%, 38%)
oklchoklch(0.473 0.162 358.2)
Closest name: Berry (#990f4b)Relative luminance 0.0925

Colors that go with #9d255b

Crimson, Denim and Taupe 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#259d67

#9d2597 · #9d2b25

#5b9d25 · #255b9d

Split-complementary

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#259d2b · #25979d

#979d25 · #259d67 · #2b259d

Contrast

#9d255b as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.37:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.85:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #d0397d as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #de73a3 as the text (7.09:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #cccccc (4.59:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #fafafa (7.06:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #9d255b 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

#9d255b reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #9d255b
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #9d255b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/9d255b-c49ca9-62cb69-2d1f20-f1e9f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md