Gemstone
Open in tool →Emerald, amethyst and ruby on velvet-black — the jewel-tone trio; the surface must be dark or the stones go plastic.
Color
#802cc9
#802cc9
hex
#802cc9rgb
rgb(128, 44, 201)hsl
hsl(272, 64%, 48%)oklch
oklch(0.502 0.224 303.2)Closest name: Lilac Spring (#8822cc)Relative luminance 0.1061
Colors that go with #802cc9
Denim, Olive Green 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.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #802cc9: 4 real palettes, including Linkedin's brand system and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #802cc9 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #802cc9: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #802cc9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #802cc9: 3 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Render's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
shippedMedium Slate Blue shows up next to #802cc9 in 3 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and monday.com's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #802cc9's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #802cc9 in 3 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Datadog's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #802cc9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #802cc9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.73:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.12:1 | 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 #802cc9 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
Fonts for this mood
#802cc9 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #802cc9
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 #802cc9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/802cc9-b69cc4-c5cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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