Midnight Luxe
Open in tool →Champagne gold on ink-navy with a violet undertone — hotels and spirits use it because it reads expensive at any size.
Color
#8285ab
#8285ab
hex
#8285abrgb
rgb(130, 133, 171)hsl
hsl(236, 20%, 59%)oklch
oklch(0.628 0.057 281.1)Closest name: Galactic Gossamer (#7f8cb8)Relative luminance 0.2446
Colors that go with #8285ab
Charcoal, Copper and Dark Goldenrod 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 #8285ab: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #8285ab: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryshippedDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #8285ab on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8285ab: 7 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #8285ab, as the supporting colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Campus and Graphite put Orange beside #8285ab, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #8285ab: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8285ab in 19 real palettes, including Dusk and Still Water, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #8285ab
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8285ab as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.56:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.89:1 | 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 #8285ab 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 #8285ab
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 #8285ab and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/8285ab-9e9cc4-df8f4e-241f2d-e9eef1?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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