Color
#716fae
#716faergb(113, 111, 174)hsl(242, 28%, 56%)oklch(0.57 0.096 284.4)Colors that go with #716fae
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 #716fae: 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 #716fae: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #716fae 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 #716fae, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #716fae: 7 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Hershey's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #716fae: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #716fae in 12 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #716fae: 6 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #716fae
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #716fae as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.58:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.59:1 | 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 #716fae 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 #716fae and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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