Color
#b973ba
#b973bargb(185, 115, 186)hsl(299, 34%, 59%)oklch(0.655 0.129 326.4)Colors that go with #b973ba
Medium Sea Green, Charcoal 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.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
complementaryshippedMedium Sea Green sits directly opposite #b973ba on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #b973ba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #b973ba in 3 real palettes, including Loom's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #b973ba: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #b973ba in two real palettes: Obsidian's brand system and Ledger Dark, as the accent.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
shippedMedium Slate Blue shows up next to #b973ba in two real palettes: Obsidian's brand system and Lavender Haze, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedTwo real palettes: Lavender Haze and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #b973ba, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #b973ba in two real palettes: Loom's brand system and Sephora's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #b973ba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b973ba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.37:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.22:1 | 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 #b973ba 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 #b973ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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