Color
#683a9c
#683a9crgb(104, 58, 156)hsl(268, 46%, 42%)oklch(0.455 0.154 302.2)Colors that go with #683a9c
Charcoal, Crimson 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 #683a9c: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #683a9c in 7 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Gemstone, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #683a9c: 6 real palettes, including Slack's brand system and Linkedin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #683a9c, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #683a9c's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #683a9c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #683a9c in 4 real palettes, including Datadog's brand system and Superhuman's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped6 real palettes, including GitLab's brand system and FedEx's brand system put Tomato beside #683a9c, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #683a9c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #683a9c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.85:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.67:1 | 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 #683a9c as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#683a9c 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 #683a9c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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