Color
#656de2
#656de2rgb(101, 109, 226)hsl(236, 68%, 64%)oklch(0.589 0.175 276.7)Colors that go with #656de2
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 #656de2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #656de2 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #656de2 in 11 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped14 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and BBC's brand system put Blue beside #656de2, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #656de2: 10 real palettes, including Carrefour's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #656de2: 6 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Webflow's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #656de2 in 13 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Pizza Hut's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
analogousshippedDark Orchid is #656de2's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #656de2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #656de2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.34:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.84:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #656de2 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
#656de2 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 #656de2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/656de2-9e9cc4-df8f4e-241f2d-e9eef1?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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