Color
#856aa0
#856aa0rgb(133, 106, 160)hsl(270, 22%, 52%)oklch(0.571 0.087 306.7)Colors that go with #856aa0
Charcoal, Denim and Midnight 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 #856aa0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #856aa0: 4 real palettes, including Campus and The New York Times's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #856aa0, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #856aa0 in 4 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Stripe's brand system, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #856aa0: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #856aa0 in 12 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Greige, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #856aa0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #856aa0 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #856aa0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #856aa0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.6:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.57:1 | 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 #856aa0 as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #856aa0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/856aa0-b59cc4-c9cb62-2c1f2d-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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