Color
#826ea0
#826ea0rgb(130, 110, 160)hsl(264, 21%, 53%)oklch(0.576 0.078 302.4)Colors that go with #826ea0
Charcoal, Copper 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 #826ea0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #826ea0 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #826ea0: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #826ea0: 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #826ea0: 7 real palettes, including Campus and The New York Times's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #826ea0, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #826ea0 in 4 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Stripe's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #826ea0 in 16 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Greige, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #826ea0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #826ea0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.48:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.69:1 | 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 #826ea0 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 #826ea0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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