Color
#9d8ae0
#9d8ae0rgb(157, 138, 224)hsl(253, 58%, 71%)oklch(0.685 0.125 292.9)Colors that go with #9d8ae0
Charcoal, Amber and Midnight Blue 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 #9d8ae0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #9d8ae0 in 5 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #9d8ae0, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #9d8ae0 in 5 real palettes, including Sephora's brand system and Roblox's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #9d8ae0 in 6 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Dusk, as the text colour against it.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #9d8ae0: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #9d8ae0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementshippedPeru is a split-complement of #9d8ae0: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9d8ae0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.94:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.15:1 | 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 #9d8ae0 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
#9d8ae0 reads as cool, light, clean. 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 #9d8ae0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/9d8ae0-a99cc4-dfb84e-281f2d-e9ebf1?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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