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Color
#858bad
#858bad
hex
#858badrgb
rgb(133, 139, 173)hsl
hsl(231, 20%, 60%)oklch
oklch(0.644 0.051 277)Closest name: Galactic Gossamer (#7f8cb8)Relative luminance 0.2647
Colors that go with #858bad
Charcoal, Copper and Dark Goldenrod 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 #858bad: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #858bad: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryshippedDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #858bad on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #858bad: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #858bad, as the supporting colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #858bad: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #858bad in 4 real palettes, including Sephora's brand system and Slate Workspace, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #858bad in 20 real palettes, including Dusk and Still Water, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #858bad
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #858bad as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.34:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.29:1 | 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 #858bad as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #858bad
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #858bad and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/858bad-9c9ec4-df834e-231f2d-e9eef1?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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