Color
#a09bc5
#a09bc5rgb(160, 155, 197)hsl(247, 27%, 69%)oklch(0.708 0.061 290.2)Colors that go with #a09bc5
Charcoal, Sand and Copper 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 #a09bc5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #a09bc5 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a09bc5: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #a09bc5: 5 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #a09bc5 in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Supabase's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #a09bc5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including First Snow and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #a09bc5, as the text colour against it.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle shows up next to #a09bc5 in 4 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a09bc5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a09bc5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.63:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.99:1 | 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 #a09bc5 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #a09bc5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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