Color
#501098
#501098rgb(80, 16, 152)hsl(268, 81%, 33%)oklch(0.377 0.192 296.4)Colors that go with #501098
Royal Blue, Midnight Blue and Steel Blue 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 #501098's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #501098, as the lead colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #501098: 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 #501098 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #501098 in 3 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Pepsi's brand system, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #501098 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Forest Green #228b22
split-complementForest Green is a split-complement of #501098: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #501098: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Real palettes that use #501098
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #501098 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.24:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.87:1 | 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 #501098 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#501098 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 #501098 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/501098-b39cc4-dfdc4e-2c1f2d-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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