Color
#9e9bed
#9e9bedrgb(158, 155, 237)hsl(242, 69%, 77%)oklch(0.724 0.118 284.7)Colors that go with #9e9bed
Charcoal, Dark Khaki and Amber 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 #9e9bed: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite #9e9bed on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #9e9bed in 5 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #9e9bed: 4 real palettes, including Blueprint and Calm's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #9e9bed: 5 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Dusk, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
triadicshippedMedium Sea Green completes a triad with #9e9bed — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Blue Mono and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #9e9bed, as the text colour against it.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle shows up next to #9e9bed in 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Calendly's brand system, as the accent.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9e9bed as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.51:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.37:1 | 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 #9e9bed 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
#9e9bed 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 #9e9bed and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/9e9bed-a29cc4-df9e4e-261f2d-e9edf1?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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