Ledger Dark
Open in tool →Gold on midnight is the private-banking cue; the mint accent keeps it from feeling old-money stuffy.
Color
#868ea7
#868ea7
hex
#868ea7rgb
rgb(134, 142, 167)hsl
hsl(225, 16%, 59%)oklch
oklch(0.649 0.038 271.3)Closest name: Cool Gray (#8c92ac)Relative luminance 0.272
Colors that go with #868ea7
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 #868ea7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #868ea7: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #868ea7 in 4 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #868ea7 in 6 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 #868ea7 in 6 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #868ea7 in 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #868ea7 in 22 real palettes, including Dusk and Typewriter, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #868ea7 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #868ea7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #868ea7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.26:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.44:1 | 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 #868ea7 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 #868ea7
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 #868ea7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/868ea7-9ca1c4-df754e-221f2d-e9eff1?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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