Color
#561fbd
#561fbdrgb(86, 31, 189)hsl(261, 72%, 43%)oklch(0.432 0.219 289.3)Colors that go with #561fbd
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Denim 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 #561fbd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #561fbd's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #561fbd: 4 real palettes, including Slack's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #561fbd, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #561fbd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #561fbd: 3 real palettes, including Peacock's brand system and Blue Mono, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #561fbd in 3 real palettes, including Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system and Soundcloud's brand system, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped3 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Indigo SaaS put Slate Gray beside #561fbd, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #561fbd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #561fbd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.03:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.33:1 | 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 #561fbd as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#561fbd 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 #561fbd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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