Color
#8559ab
#8559abrgb(133, 89, 171)hsl(272, 33%, 51%)oklch(0.546 0.131 307.4)Colors that go with #8559ab
Charcoal, Crimson 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #8559ab: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8559ab in 5 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8559ab: 4 real palettes, including Linkedin's brand system and Campus, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #8559ab, as the supporting colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
shippedSea Green shows up next to #8559ab in 4 real palettes, including Next.js's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8559ab in 5 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #8559ab on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #8559ab: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #8559ab
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8559ab as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.23:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.01:1 | 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 #8559ab 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 #8559ab and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8559ab-b69cc4-c5cb62-2d1f2d-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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