Color

#b29bd9

#b29bd9
hex#b29bd9
rgbrgb(178, 155, 217)
hslhsl(262, 45%, 73%)
oklchoklch(0.732 0.091 301.2)
Closest name: Violet Velvet (#b19cd9)Relative luminance 0.3792

Colors that go with #b29bd9

Charcoal, Amber and Deep Sky Blue 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#c2d99b

#9ba3d9 · #d19bd9

#d9b29b · #9bd9b2

Split-complementary

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#d9d19b · #a3d99b

#d99ba3 · #c2d99b · #9bd9d1

Contrast

#b29bd9 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.45:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #8764c4 as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #6942ae as the text (7.02:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3b3b3b (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (7.11:1)
Aaon black
8.58:1passpasspassPasses 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 #b29bd9 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

#b29bd9 reads as cool, light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #b29bd9
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #b29bd9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/b29bd9-af9cc4-dfce4e-2a1f2d-e9eaf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md