Midnight Luxe
Open in tool →Champagne gold on ink-navy with a violet undertone — hotels and spirits use it because it reads expensive at any size.
Color
#86809d
#86809d
hex
#86809drgb
rgb(134, 128, 157)hsl
hsl(252, 13%, 56%)oklch
oklch(0.615 0.044 294.6)Closest name: Amorous (#967d96)Relative luminance 0.2294
Colors that go with #86809d
Charcoal, Copper and Blush Pink 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 #86809d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #86809d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #86809d, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #86809d, as that palette's text colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #86809d: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #86809d, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside #86809d, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #86809d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #86809d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.76:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.59:1 | 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 #86809d 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 #86809d
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 #86809d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/86809d-a99cc4-dfb64e-281f2d-e9ecf1?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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