Color
#8760a4
#8760a4rgb(135, 96, 164)hsl(274, 27%, 51%)oklch(0.557 0.111 309.6)Colors that go with #8760a4
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 #8760a4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #8760a4 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8760a4 in 5 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8760a4: 4 real palettes, including Campus and Linkedin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #8760a4, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8760a4 in 6 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #8760a4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #8760a4: 3 real palettes, including Newsprint and Honda's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #8760a4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8760a4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.95:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.24:1 | 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 #8760a4 as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #8760a4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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