Color
#834d89
#834d89rgb(131, 77, 137)hsl(294, 28%, 42%)oklch(0.506 0.111 323.4)Colors that go with #834d89
Sea Green, Charcoal and Denim 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #834d89 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #834d89: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #834d89: 5 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Linkedin's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #834d89 in 6 real palettes, including Stripe's brand system and GitHub's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #834d89 in 6 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #834d89: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #834d89 in 3 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #834d89 in 3 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Indigo SaaS, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #834d89
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #834d89 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.2:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.39:1 | 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 #834d89 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 #834d89 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/834d89-c19fc0-9fcb62-2d1f29-ede9f1?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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