Color
#855aaf
#855aafrgb(133, 90, 175)hsl(270, 35%, 52%)oklch(0.55 0.134 305.8)Colors that go with #855aaf
Dark Olive Green, Sea Green and Charcoal 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.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #855aaf 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 #855aaf: 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 #855aaf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #855aaf in 3 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Plaid's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #855aaf — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #855aaf in two real palettes: Klarna US's brand system and ClickUp's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Coral #ff7f50
shippedCoral is paired with #855aaf in two real palettes: Dusk Gradient and Clinic, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #855aaf in two real palettes: Netflix's brand system and Gemstone, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #855aaf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #855aaf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.15:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.08:1 | 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 #855aaf as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#855aaf 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 #855aaf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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