Color
#9d83a5
#9d83a5rgb(157, 131, 165)hsl(286, 16%, 58%)oklch(0.645 0.058 318.2)Colors that go with #9d83a5
Charcoal, Copper and Olive Drab 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 #9d83a5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #9d83a5 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryshippedOlive Drab sits directly opposite #9d83a5 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #9d83a5, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #9d83a5: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and Stone, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #9d83a5 in 19 real palettes, including Dusk and Typewriter, as the text colour against it.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #9d83a5: 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #9d83a5: 3 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Notion's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #9d83a5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9d83a5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.37:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.22:1 | 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 #9d83a5 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 #9d83a5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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