Color
#9e8a97
#9e8a97rgb(158, 138, 151)hsl(321, 9%, 58%)oklch(0.655 0.03 338.9)Colors that go with #9e8a97
Charcoal, Blush Pink and Burlywood 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 #9e8a97: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Blush put Blush Pink beside #9e8a97, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #9e8a97 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Polaroid, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Darkroom put Champagne beside #9e8a97, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #9e8a97: 6 real palettes, including Atelier and Dusk, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #9e8a97: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside #9e8a97, as the lead colour.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementshippedOlive Drab is a split-complement of #9e8a97: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #9e8a97
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9e8a97 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.21:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.54:1 | 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 #9e8a97 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#9e8a97 reads as muted, minimal. 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 #9e8a97 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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