Color
#85739c
#85739crgb(133, 115, 156)hsl(266, 17%, 53%)oklch(0.587 0.065 304.5)Colors that go with #85739c
Charcoal, Copper and Champagne 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 #85739c: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #85739c — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #85739c, as that palette's text colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #85739c: 5 real palettes, including Campus and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #85739c, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #85739c, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #85739c 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 #85739c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #85739c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85739c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.26:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.93:1 | 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 #85739c 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 #85739c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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