Color
#6a6991
#6a6991rgb(106, 105, 145)hsl(242, 16%, 49%)oklch(0.537 0.062 285.3)Colors that go with #6a6991
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 #6a6991: 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 #6a6991: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #6a6991 in 6 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #6a6991, as that palette's text colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #6a6991: 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #6a6991: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #6a6991 in 14 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6a6991: 12 real palettes, including Campus and The New York Times's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #6a6991
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6a6991 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.2:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.04:1 | 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 #6a6991 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 #6a6991 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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