Color
#605e8d
#605e8drgb(96, 94, 141)hsl(243, 20%, 46%)oklch(0.504 0.074 285.4)Colors that go with #605e8d
Charcoal, Sea Green and Amber 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 #605e8d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #605e8d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #605e8d in 6 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #605e8d, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #605e8d: 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #605e8d in 14 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #605e8d: 12 real palettes, including The New York Times's brand system and HP's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #605e8d: 5 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #605e8d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #605e8d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.03:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.48:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #605e8d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #605e8d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/605e8d-a39cc4-dfa04e-261f2d-e9edf1?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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