Color
GitLab Purple
#6e49cbrgb(110, 73, 203)hsl(257, 56%, 54%)oklch(0.518 0.191 291.4)Colors that go with GitLab Purple
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 GitLab Purple: 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 GitLab Purple: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with GitLab Purple in 5 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Signal's brand system put Blue beside GitLab Purple, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with GitLab Purple: 5 real palettes, including Zillow's brand system and Warbyparker's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with GitLab Purple: 5 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with GitLab Purple in 9 real palettes, including Gemstone and Marvel's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with GitLab Purple: 5 real palettes, including Linkedin's brand system and Dairy Queen's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use GitLab Purple
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| GitLab Purple as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.04:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.48:1 | 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 GitLab Purple as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
GitLab Purple 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 #6e49cb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/6e49cb-ac9cc4-dfc24e-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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