Color
#b47bb7
#b47bb7rgb(180, 123, 183)hsl(297, 29%, 60%)oklch(0.661 0.108 325)Colors that go with #b47bb7
Charcoal, Medium Sea Green and Taupe 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 #b47bb7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
complementaryshippedMedium Sea Green sits directly opposite #b47bb7 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #b47bb7 in 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Obsidian's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b47bb7: 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #b47bb7 in 3 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Lavender Haze put Midnight Blue beside #b47bb7, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #b47bb7: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedTwo real palettes: Estate and Blush put Blush Pink beside #b47bb7, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #b47bb7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b47bb7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.25:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.46:1 | 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 #b47bb7 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 #b47bb7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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