Color
#742e7a
#742e7argb(116, 46, 122)hsl(295, 45%, 33%)oklch(0.431 0.14 324.5)Colors that go with #742e7a
Sea Green, Charcoal and Teal 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #742e7a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #742e7a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #742e7a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #742e7a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #742e7a: two real palettes: Hinge's brand system and Slack's brand system, as the accent.
Sandy Brown #f4a460
shippedSandy Brown is paired with #742e7a in two real palettes: Dusk Gradient and Golden Hour, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #742e7a in two real palettes: Datadog's brand system and Superhuman's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousSlate Blue is #742e7a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #742e7a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #742e7a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.7:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.41:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #742e7a as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#742e7a 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 #742e7a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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