Color
#45158a
#45158argb(69, 21, 138)hsl(265, 74%, 31%)oklch(0.353 0.173 293.9)Colors that go with #45158a
Royal Blue, Charcoal and Crimson 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #45158a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #45158a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #45158a in 6 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Pepsi's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #45158a: 5 real palettes, including Slack's brand system and Bank of America's brand system, as the lead colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #45158a: 4 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and Hershey's's brand system, as the accent.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #45158a 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 #45158a in 3 real palettes, including Datadog's brand system and Gillette's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped3 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and dbt Labs's brand system put Tomato beside #45158a, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #45158a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #45158a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.16:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.73:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #45158a as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#45158a reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #45158a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/45158a-b19cc4-dfd54e-2b1f2d-e9eaf1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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