Color
#9e3397
#9e3397rgb(158, 51, 151)hsl(304, 51%, 41%)oklch(0.515 0.182 330.6)Colors that go with #9e3397
Sea Green, Denim and Teal 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #9e3397 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #9e3397: 4 real palettes, including Peacock and Hasbro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #9e3397: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #9e3397: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #9e3397: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #9e3397 in two real palettes: Lenovo's brand system and Gemstone, as the supporting colour.
Orange #ffa500
shippedTwo real palettes: Rippling's brand system and Sunset Boulevard put Orange beside #9e3397, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #9e3397 in two real palettes: Wayfair's brand system and Semrush's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #9e3397
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9e3397 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.22:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.37:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #9e3397 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
#9e3397 reads as warm. 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 #9e3397 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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