Color
#853ebb
#853ebbrgb(133, 62, 187)hsl(274, 50%, 49%)oklch(0.516 0.191 307)Colors that go with #853ebb
Denim, Olive Green and Sea Green 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.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #853ebb: 4 real palettes, including Linkedin's brand system and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #853ebb on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #853ebb: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #853ebb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #853ebb in 3 real palettes, including Gemstone and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #853ebb: 3 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
shippedMedium Slate Blue shows up next to #853ebb in 3 real palettes, including monday.com's brand system and Linear's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #853ebb, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #853ebb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #853ebb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.17:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.4:1 | 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 #853ebb 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
#853ebb reads as cool, modern. 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 #853ebb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/853ebb-b79cc4-c2cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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