Color
#6a438e
#6a438ergb(106, 67, 142)hsl(271, 36%, 41%)oklch(0.462 0.123 306.2)Colors that go with #6a438e
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 #6a438e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #6a438e in 7 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6a438e: 5 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and HP's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped11 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Lufthansa's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #6a438e, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #6a438e in 7 real palettes, including Wayfair's brand system and Stripe's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #6a438e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #6a438e in 5 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Datadog's brand system, as the lead colour.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped4 real palettes, including Golden Hour and GitLab's brand system put Tomato beside #6a438e, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #6a438e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6a438e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.48:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.81:1 | 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 #6a438e 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
#6a438e 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 #6a438e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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