Color
#6a72af
#6a72afrgb(106, 114, 175)hsl(233, 30%, 55%)oklch(0.571 0.094 277.3)Colors that go with #6a72af
Charcoal, Copper 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 #6a72af: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #6a72af: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #6a72af — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #6a72af in 9 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #6a72af, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #6a72af: 8 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Hershey's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #6a72af in 14 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #6a72af: 6 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #6a72af
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6a72af as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.53:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.64:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #6a72af 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 #6a72af and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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