Color
#86248a
#86248argb(134, 36, 138)hsl(298, 59%, 34%)oklch(0.457 0.177 326.3)Colors that go with #86248a
Denim, Forest Green and Teal 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.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #86248a: 4 real palettes, including Slack's brand system and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryForest Green sits directly opposite #86248a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #86248a: 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 #86248a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #86248a in 3 real palettes, including Lenovo's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #86248a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #86248a in two real palettes: Datadog's brand system and Superhuman's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
analogousBlue Violet is #86248a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #86248a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #86248a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.98:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.63:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #86248a as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#86248a 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 #86248a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/86248a-c19fbe-98cb62-2d1f28-ede9f1?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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