Color
#511eb8
#511eb8rgb(81, 30, 184)hsl(260, 72%, 42%)oklch(0.421 0.215 288.1)Colors that go with #511eb8
Charcoal, Royal 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 #511eb8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #511eb8'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 #511eb8 in 4 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Gemstone, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #511eb8: 6 real palettes, including Unilever's brand system and Warbyparker's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #511eb8, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #511eb8 in 5 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system, as the accent.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped5 real palettes, including dbt Labs's brand system and FedEx's brand system put Tomato beside #511eb8, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #511eb8 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 #511eb8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #511eb8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.43:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.23:1 | 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 #511eb8 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#511eb8 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 #511eb8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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