Color
#9d7280
#9d7280rgb(157, 114, 128)hsl(340, 18%, 53%)oklch(0.6 0.057 357.7)Colors that go with #9d7280
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 #9d7280: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Estate put Blush Pink beside #9d7280, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #9d7280, as that palette's text colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln put Peru beside #9d7280, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #9d7280 in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Gallery, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #9d7280: 4 real palettes, including Graphite and Riverbed, as the lead colour.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #9d7280 in 4 real palettes, including Mushroom and Sepia Mono, as the supporting colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #9d7280 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 #9d7280
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9d7280 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.08:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.15:1 | 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 #9d7280 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#9d7280 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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›analyze #9d7280 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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