Color
#4e0e86
#4e0e86rgb(78, 14, 134)hsl(272, 81%, 29%)oklch(0.355 0.175 301)Colors that go with #4e0e86
Crimson, Olive Green 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #4e0e86 in 5 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Lenovo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #4e0e86 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 #4e0e86: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Visa's brand system and Gillette's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #4e0e86, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #4e0e86's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #4e0e86: 3 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and Hershey's's brand system, as the accent.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #4e0e86 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #4e0e86: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #4e0e86
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4e0e86 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.13:1 | 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 #4e0e86 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#4e0e86 reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #4e0e86 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4e0e86-b69cc4-c5cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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