Color
#501561
#501561rgb(80, 21, 97)hsl(287, 64%, 23%)oklch(0.332 0.133 317.5)Colors that go with #501561
Crimson, Denim and Midnight 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #501561 in 4 real palettes, including Lenovo's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #501561 in 4 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Heinz's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #501561 in 4 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Gillette's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryForest Green sits directly opposite #501561 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 #501561: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is #501561's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #501561 in 3 real palettes, including Gillette's brand system and American Eagle's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tomato #ff6347
shippedTomato is paired with #501561 in 3 real palettes, including Golden Hour and Harley-Davidson's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #501561
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #501561 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.96:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.62:1 | 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 #501561 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
#501561 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 #501561 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/501561-bd9fc1-abcb62-2d1f2a-ece9f1?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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