Dusk Gradient
Open in tool →Orange and peach on indigo-black with a violet — the last five minutes of a sunset, as a dark mode.
Color
#784181
#784181
hex
#784181rgb
rgb(120, 65, 129)hsl
hsl(292, 33%, 38%)oklch
oklch(0.468 0.117 321.8)Closest name: Grapes of Italy (#714a8b)Relative luminance 0.0936
Colors that go with #784181
Taupe, Sea Green and Charcoal 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.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #784181 in 5 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Datadog's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #784181 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 #784181: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #784181 in 3 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Slack's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #784181 in 3 real palettes, including Stripe's brand system and Console Light, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #784181: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
split-complementDark Olive Green is a split-complement of #784181: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #784181 in two real palettes: Dusk and Bramble, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #784181
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #784181 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.31:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.87:1 | 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 #784181 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #784181
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #784181 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/784181-c09fc1-a3cb62-2d1f29-ece9f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md