Color
#856eaa
#856eaargb(133, 110, 170)hsl(263, 26%, 55%)oklch(0.584 0.093 301.2)Colors that go with #856eaa
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 #856eaa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #856eaa: 5 real palettes, including Campus and American Express's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #856eaa, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #856eaa in 10 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #856eaa 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 #856eaa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #856eaa: 3 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #856eaa — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #856eaa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #856eaa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.37:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.81:1 | 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 #856eaa 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 #856eaa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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