Color
#6a4aa1
#6a4aa1rgb(106, 74, 161)hsl(262, 37%, 46%)oklch(0.486 0.136 298.1)Colors that go with #6a4aa1
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Sea Green 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 #6a4aa1: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #6a4aa1'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 #6a4aa1: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Tesco's brand system put Blue beside #6a4aa1, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #6a4aa1 in 9 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6a4aa1: 13 real palettes, including Linkedin's brand system and HP's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped14 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Kraken's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #6a4aa1, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #6a4aa1 in 4 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Datadog's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #6a4aa1
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6a4aa1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.76:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.11:1 | 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 #6a4aa1 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
#6a4aa1 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 #6a4aa1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/6a4aa1-af9cc4-dfce4e-2a1f2d-e9eaf1?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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