Color
#8069ab
#8069abrgb(128, 105, 171)hsl(261, 28%, 54%)oklch(0.57 0.102 299.2)Colors that go with #8069ab
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 #8069ab: 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 #8069ab: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #8069ab in 5 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #8069ab: 5 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8069ab in 5 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8069ab: 5 real palettes, including Campus and The New York Times's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #8069ab, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8069ab in 11 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #8069ab
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8069ab as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.64:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.53:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8069ab as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #8069ab and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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