# #8361ea

A color — cool, vivid, technical, modern. Deterministic analysis from BrandSweets (no inference).

## Values

- Hex: `#8361ea`
- RGB: rgb(131, 97, 234)
- HSL: hsl(255, 77%, 65%)
- OKLCH: oklch(0.597 0.198 290.6)
- Relative luminance: 0.1932
- Nearest named color: mediumslateblue (#7b68ee, Δ 1.923) — https://brandsweets.com/colors/mediumslateblue
- Moods: cool, vivid, technical, modern
- Page: https://brandsweets.com/colors/8361ea

## Tints & shades

- Tints (toward white): #8e6fec, #9c81ef, #a78ef0, #b19cf2, #bfaef4, #cabbf6, #d5c9f8, #dfd6fa, #ede8fc, #f8f6fe
- Shades (toward black): #6e46e7, #592be3, #4a1cd4, #4018b9, #37159e, #2c107e, #230d63, #190948, #10062d, #060212

## Harmonies

- Complementary: #c8ea61
- Analogous: #6183ea, #c861ea
- Triadic: #ea8361, #61ea83
- Split-complementary: #eac861, #83ea61
- Tetradic: #ea6183, #c8ea61, #61eac8

## Colors that go with #8361ea

Named partners (harmony on the OKLCH wheel, co-occurrence in curated palettes and brand systems, and the neutrals that carry it), best first:

- **Amber** #ffbf00 [pool] — Amber is paired with #8361ea in 4 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent. Seen in: Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/mastodon-social), Blueprint (https://brandsweets.com/palettes/technical#blueprint), Google (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/google-com), Wikipedia (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/wikipedia-org). — https://brandsweets.com/colors/amber
- **Blue** #0000ff [pool] — 5 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Signal's brand system put Blue beside #8361ea, as the accent. Seen in: Qualcomm (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/qualcomm-com), Signal (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/signal-org), Penpot (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/penpot-app), BBC (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/bbc-com). — https://brandsweets.com/colors/blue
- **Deep Sky Blue** #00bfff [pool] — Designers have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #8361ea: 4 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour. Seen in: Calm (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/calm-com), Blueprint (https://brandsweets.com/palettes/technical#blueprint), Render (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/render-com), Elastic (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/elastic-co). — https://brandsweets.com/colors/deepskyblue
- **Denim** #1560bd [pool] — Designers have shipped Denim with #8361ea: 4 real palettes, including Linkedin's brand system and Fivetran blue's brand system, as the lead colour. Seen in: Linkedin (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/linkedin-com), Fivetran blue (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/fivetran-com), Guinness (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/guinness-com), Coursera (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/coursera-org). — https://brandsweets.com/colors/denim
- **Midnight Blue** #191970 [pool] — 7 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Discord's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #8361ea, as that palette's text colour. Seen in: Lavender Haze (https://brandsweets.com/palettes/playful#lavender-haze), Discord (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/discord), Marvel (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/marvel-com), Telehealth (https://brandsweets.com/palettes/modern#telehealth). — https://brandsweets.com/colors/midnightblue
- **Taupe** #483c32 [pool] — Taupe is paired with #8361ea in 5 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Zed's brand system, as that palette's text colour. Seen in: Obsidian (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/obsidian-md), Zed (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/zed-dev), Superhuman (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/superhuman-com), Rotten Tomatoes (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/rottentomatoes-com). — https://brandsweets.com/colors/taupe
- **Olive Green** #808000 [harmony: complementary] — Olive Green sits directly opposite #8361ea on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight. — https://brandsweets.com/colors/olive
- **Charcoal** #36454f [role, pool] — Charcoal is the text near-black for #8361ea: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette. Seen in: Docker (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/docker-com). — https://brandsweets.com/colors/charcoal

## Contrast (WCAG 2.x, as text)

- On white (#ffffff): 4.32:1 — AA fail, AA-large pass, AAA fail. Fix: AA: text → #7c58e9 (4.74:1); AA: background → #0d0d0d (4.5:1); AAA: text → #5d2fe4 (7.02:1)
- On black (#000000): 4.86:1 — AA pass, AA-large pass, AAA fail. Fix: AAA: text → #a085ef (7.1:1)

## Brands using this color

- **ClickUp** — secondary #7b68ee (Δ 1.923) — https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/clickup-com

## Fonts for this mood

- technical: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/mood/technical
- modern: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/mood/modern

## Palette tool

Open this color locked as the lead with four explored companions: https://brandsweets.com/palettes/new/8361ea-ab9cc4-dfbd4e-291f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrant
(Humans lock/regenerate in the tool; the URL is the state — read `lock=` back to see what they kept.)

## Connect an agent

Point any MCP client at the BrandSweets colors endpoint for the same engine:

- Endpoint: https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
- Tools: `analyze_color` (e.g. `analyze_color({ color: "#8361ea" })`), `check_contrast` (with fixes), `generate_palette` (explore around locks), `suggest_palette` (mood/industry → curated-first), `list_palettes`.