Color

#bc97c9

#bc97c9
hex#bc97c9
rgbrgb(188, 151, 201)
hslhsl(284, 32%, 69%)
oklchoklch(0.727 0.082 317.2)
Closest name: Turnip Crown (#bb9ecd)Relative luminance 0.3704

Colors that go with #bc97c9

Charcoal, Denim and Emerald Green 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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#a4c997

#a297c9 · #c997bd

#c9bc97 · #97c9bc

Split-complementary

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#bdc997 · #97c9a2

#c9a297 · #a4c997 · #97bdc9

Contrast

#bc97c9 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.5:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #975dac as the text (4.69:1)
  • AAA: use #754587 as the text (7.1:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.69:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #171717 (7.18:1)
Aaon black
8.41:1passpasspassPasses 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 #bc97c9 as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

mcpConnect your agent — build around #bc97c9
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 #bc97c9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/bc97c9-bc9fc1-b1cb62-2d1f2b-ebe9f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md