Color
#6a42fa
#6a42fargb(106, 66, 250)hsl(253, 95%, 62%)oklch(0.545 0.254 284.1)Colors that go with #6a42fa
Charcoal, Crimson and Taupe 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 #6a42fa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #6a42fa in 4 real palettes, including Gemstone and Coinbase's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #6a42fa in 6 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Headspace's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #6a42fa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #6a42fa in 3 real palettes, including Dropbox's brand system and Headspace's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #6a42fa in 3 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Render's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #6a42fa in 3 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Telehealth, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #6a42fa in 3 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Console Light, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #6a42fa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6a42fa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.57:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.77:1 | 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 #6a42fa as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#6a42fa 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 #6a42fa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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