Color
#7742cd
#7742cdrgb(119, 66, 205)hsl(263, 58%, 53%)oklch(0.519 0.203 296)Colors that go with #7742cd
Charcoal, Royal Blue 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 #7742cd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #7742cd's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #7742cd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #7742cd in 5 real palettes, including Gemstone and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Lavender Haze put Midnight Blue beside #7742cd, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #7742cd in 4 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Datadog's brand system, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #7742cd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #7742cd in 3 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #7742cd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #7742cd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.1:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.45:1 | 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 #7742cd as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#7742cd 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 #7742cd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/7742cd-b09cc4-dfd04e-2b1f2d-e9eaf1?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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