Color
#561a74
#561a74rgb(86, 26, 116)hsl(280, 63%, 28%)oklch(0.36 0.148 311.6)Colors that go with #561a74
Crimson, Tomato and Olive Drab 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 #561a74 in 4 real palettes, including Lenovo's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped4 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and dbt Labs's brand system put Tomato beside #561a74, as the supporting colour.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #561a74 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 #561a74: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Gillette's brand system and Visa's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #561a74, as the supporting colour.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #561a74 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #561a74: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #561a74: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #561a74
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #561a74 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.7:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.8:1 | 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 #561a74 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
#561a74 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 #561a74 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/561a74-b99fc1-b8cb62-2d1f2c-ebe9f1?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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