Color
#8686ca
#8686cargb(134, 134, 202)hsl(240, 39%, 66%)oklch(0.647 0.101 283.2)Colors that go with #8686ca
Charcoal, Amber and Blue 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 #8686ca: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #8686ca in 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #8686ca in 4 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Spotify's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #8686ca: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #8686ca in 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #8686ca in 8 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #8686ca in 6 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange #ffa500
shippedOrange is paired with #8686ca in 4 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Graphite, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #8686ca
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8686ca as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.35:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.28:1 | 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 #8686ca 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
#8686ca 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 #8686ca and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8686ca-a19cc4-df994e-251f2d-e9edf1?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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