Color
#8490eb
#8490ebrgb(132, 144, 235)hsl(233, 72%, 72%)oklch(0.683 0.134 276.5)Colors that go with #8490eb
Charcoal, Amber and Blue 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 #8490eb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #8490eb in 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Spotify's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system put Blue beside #8490eb, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #8490eb in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Playground, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #8490eb: 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Remix's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8490eb: 6 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #8490eb in 4 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Playground, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #8490eb: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #8490eb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8490eb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.93:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.17:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8490eb as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#8490eb reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #8490eb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8490eb-9c9cc4-df884e-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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