Color
#55005b
#55005brgb(85, 0, 91)hsl(296, 100%, 18%)oklch(0.32 0.15 325)Colors that go with #55005b
Forest Green, Olive Green and Teal 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.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryForest Green sits directly opposite #55005b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #55005b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #55005b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #55005b: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
analogousMedium Violet Red is #55005b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
analogousBlue Violet is #55005b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Brown #a52a2a
shippedBrown is paired with #55005b in Velvet, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #55005b in Velvet, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #55005b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #55005b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 13.66:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.54:1 | 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 #55005b 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
#55005b 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 #55005b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/55005b-c19fbf-9ccb62-2d1f28-ede9f1?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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