Color
#836da2
#836da2rgb(131, 109, 162)hsl(265, 22%, 53%)oklch(0.576 0.083 302.9)Colors that go with #836da2
Charcoal, Cobalt Blue and Copper 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 #836da2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #836da2: 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #836da2 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #836da2: 6 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 #836da2, as the supporting colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #836da2: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #836da2 in 14 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Greige, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #836da2 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #836da2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #836da2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.49:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.67:1 | 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 #836da2 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 #836da2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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