Color
#5e2ca5
#5e2ca5rgb(94, 44, 165)hsl(265, 58%, 41%)oklch(0.431 0.182 296.9)Colors that go with #5e2ca5
Royal Blue, Midnight Blue and Olive Green 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 #5e2ca5's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #5e2ca5, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #5e2ca5 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 #5e2ca5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #5e2ca5 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped3 real palettes, including dbt Labs's brand system and GitLab's brand system put Tomato beside #5e2ca5, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #5e2ca5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shippedTwo real palettes: Zillow's brand system and Procter & Gamble's brand system put Blue beside #5e2ca5, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #5e2ca5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5e2ca5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.83:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.38:1 | 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 #5e2ca5 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#5e2ca5 reads as cool, modern. 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 #5e2ca5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5e2ca5-b19cc4-dfd54e-2b1f2d-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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