Color
#6a5c8a
#6a5c8argb(106, 92, 138)hsl(258, 20%, 45%)oklch(0.507 0.073 297.7)Colors that go with #6a5c8a
Charcoal, Sea Green and Crimson 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 #6a5c8a: 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 #6a5c8a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #6a5c8a in 7 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Amazon's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6a5c8a: 6 real palettes, including Campus and HP's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #6a5c8a: 4 real palettes, including Newsprint and Campbell's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #6a5c8a in 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Indigo SaaS, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and FIFA's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #6a5c8a, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #6a5c8a in 8 real palettes, including Stripe's brand system and GitHub's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #6a5c8a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6a5c8a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.98:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.51:1 | 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 #6a5c8a 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 #6a5c8a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/6a5c8a-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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