Color
#9d8aef
#9d8aefrgb(157, 138, 239)hsl(251, 76%, 74%)oklch(0.693 0.146 290.7)Colors that go with #9d8aef
Midnight Blue, Taupe and Dark Goldenrod 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.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #9d8aef in 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and First Snow, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #9d8aef in 4 real palettes, including Loom's brand system and Retool's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #9d8aef on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #9d8aef: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #9d8aef: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #9d8aef in 3 real palettes, including Blueprint and Calm's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
triadicshippedLight Sea Green completes a triad with #9d8aef — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementPeru is a split-complement of #9d8aef: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #9d8aef
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9d8aef as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.87:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.32:1 | 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 #9d8aef as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#9d8aef reads as cool, vivid, light. 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 #9d8aef and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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