Color
#b099bd
#b099bdrgb(176, 153, 189)hsl(278, 21%, 67%)oklch(0.715 0.057 313.3)Colors that go with #b099bd
Charcoal, Copper and Crimson 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 #b099bd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b099bd: 7 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #b099bd in 4 real palettes, including JBL's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b099bd: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #b099bd in 5 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #b099bd in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Darkroom, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #b099bd, as the text colour against it.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #b099bd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #b099bd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b099bd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.58:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.14:1 | 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 #b099bd 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 #b099bd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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