Color
#863dae
#863daergb(134, 61, 174)hsl(279, 48%, 46%)oklch(0.508 0.179 311.4)Colors that go with #863dae
Sea Green, Denim and Charcoal 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #863dae 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 #863dae: 4 real palettes, including Linkedin's brand system and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #863dae: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #863dae in 3 real palettes, including Gemstone and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the accent.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #863dae — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #863dae: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #863dae: two real palettes: Kraken's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the accent.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #863dae in two real palettes: Sentry's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #863dae
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #863dae as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.38:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.29:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #863dae as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#863dae 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 #863dae and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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