Color
#6a5aaa
#6a5aaargb(106, 90, 170)hsl(252, 32%, 51%)oklch(0.521 0.123 290.7)Colors that go with #6a5aaa
Charcoal, Sea Green and Amber 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 #6a5aaa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #6a5aaa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #6a5aaa in 7 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #6a5aaa: 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #6a5aaa in 15 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #6a5aaa: 5 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #6a5aaa: 5 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and HashiCorp's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #6a5aaa: 6 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and Honda's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #6a5aaa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6a5aaa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.74:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.66:1 | 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 #6a5aaa as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #6a5aaa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/6a5aaa-a99cc4-dfb64e-281f2d-e9ecf1?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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