Color
#4e16e9
#4e16e9rgb(78, 22, 233)hsl(256, 83%, 50%)oklch(0.466 0.27 279.8)Colors that go with #4e16e9
Charcoal, Cobalt Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #4e16e9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #4e16e9 in 4 real palettes, including Oreo's brand system and CVS's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #4e16e9 in 7 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #4e16e9 in 5 real palettes, including Glossier's brand system and Monzo's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #4e16e9 in 4 real palettes, including Twitch's brand system and Pepsi's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #4e16e9 in 6 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and BBC's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #4e16e9 in 7 real palettes, including Burger King's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #4e16e9 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #4e16e9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4e16e9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.03:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.62:1 | 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 #4e16e9 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
#4e16e9 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 #4e16e9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4e16e9-ab9cc4-dfbf4e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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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