Color
#78609a
#78609argb(120, 96, 154)hsl(265, 23%, 49%)oklch(0.536 0.092 302.4)Colors that go with #78609a
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 #78609a: 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 #78609a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #78609a in 4 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #78609a in 9 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #78609a: 4 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #78609a: 7 real palettes, including Campus and The New York Times's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #78609a: 5 real palettes, including Newsprint and Campbell's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #78609a, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #78609a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #78609a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.33:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.94:1 | 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 #78609a 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 #78609a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/78609a-b19cc4-dfd54e-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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