Color
#874eb7
#874eb7rgb(135, 78, 183)hsl(273, 42%, 51%)oklch(0.538 0.164 306.8)Colors that go with #874eb7
Charcoal, Sea Green and Crimson 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 #874eb7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #874eb7: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #874eb7 in 5 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Lavender Haze put Midnight Blue beside #874eb7, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #874eb7 in 4 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #874eb7 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 #874eb7: 3 real palettes, including Linkedin's brand system and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #874eb7 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #874eb7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #874eb7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.52:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.8:1 | 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 #874eb7 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
#874eb7 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 #874eb7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/874eb7-b79cc4-c4cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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