Color
#6a4dac
#6a4dacrgb(106, 77, 172)hsl(258, 38%, 49%)oklch(0.498 0.146 294.6)Colors that go with #6a4dac
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 #6a4dac: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #6a4dac'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 #6a4dac: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Activision's brand system put Blue beside #6a4dac, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #6a4dac: 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Unilever's brand system, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #6a4dac in 12 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6a4dac: 10 real palettes, including Linkedin's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #6a4dac: 4 real palettes, including HashiCorp's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #6a4dac
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6a4dac as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.42:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.27:1 | 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 #6a4dac as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#6a4dac 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 #6a4dac and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/6a4dac-ad9cc4-dfc44e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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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