Color
#868eca
#868ecargb(134, 142, 202)hsl(233, 39%, 66%)oklch(0.664 0.09 277.8)Colors that go with #868eca
Charcoal, Medium Sea Green and Amber 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 #868eca: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #868eca: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #868eca in 7 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #868eca, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #868eca: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Atelier, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #868eca in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #868eca: 8 real palettes, including Blueprint and Telegram's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #868eca: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #868eca
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #868eca as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.12:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.74:1 | 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 #868eca as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#868eca 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 #868eca and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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