Color
#685ae2
#685ae2rgb(104, 90, 226)hsl(246, 70%, 62%)oklch(0.557 0.199 282.5)Colors that go with #685ae2
Charcoal, Sea Green and Blue 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 #685ae2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #685ae2 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #685ae2 in 10 real palettes, including Signal's brand system and Pixar's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #685ae2 in 7 real palettes, including Carrefour's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #685ae2 in 10 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #685ae2 in 5 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Square's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #685ae2 in 7 real palettes, including Discord's brand system and Lavender Haze, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #685ae2 in 4 real palettes, including Clerk's brand system and Strava's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #685ae2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #685ae2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.06:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.15:1 | 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 #685ae2 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#685ae2 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 #685ae2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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