Color
#86679e
#86679ergb(134, 103, 158)hsl(274, 22%, 51%)oklch(0.566 0.09 309.5)Colors that go with #86679e
Charcoal, Sea Green and Denim 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 #86679e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #86679e 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 #86679e: 5 real palettes, including Campus and The New York Times's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #86679e, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #86679e in 4 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Stripe's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #86679e in 11 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Superhuman's brand system, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #86679e in 3 real palettes, including Semrush's brand system and Gallery, as the accent.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #86679e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #86679e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #86679e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.72:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.45:1 | 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 #86679e 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 #86679e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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