Color
#c9699e
#c9699ergb(201, 105, 158)hsl(327, 47%, 60%)oklch(0.648 0.136 347.3)Colors that go with #c9699e
Taupe, Cadet Blue and Charcoal 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.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #c9699e in 5 real palettes, including Blush and Zed's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryCadet Blue sits directly opposite #c9699e 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 body-text near-black for #c9699e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #c9699e in 3 real palettes, including Ubisoft's brand system and Zed's brand system, as the accent.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #c9699e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #c9699e: two real palettes: Terminal and Roblox's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #c9699e in two real palettes: Blush and Golden Hour, as the accent.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #c9699e: two real palettes: Resort and Anthropic's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #c9699e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c9699e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.5:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6:1 | 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 #c9699e 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
#c9699e reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #c9699e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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