Color
#511d8b
#511d8brgb(81, 29, 139)hsl(268, 65%, 33%)oklch(0.376 0.168 299.5)Colors that go with #511d8b
Royal Blue, Crimson 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #511d8b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #511d8b in 5 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Gillette's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #511d8b, as that palette's text colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #511d8b: 4 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped4 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and dbt Labs's brand system put Tomato beside #511d8b, as the supporting colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #511d8b 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 #511d8b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #511d8b: 3 real palettes, including Slack's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #511d8b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #511d8b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.06:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.9:1 | 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 #511d8b as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#511d8b 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 #511d8b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/511d8b-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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