Color
#876d97
#876d97rgb(135, 109, 151)hsl(277, 17%, 51%)oklch(0.575 0.07 312.3)Colors that go with #876d97
Charcoal, Copper and Sea Green 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 #876d97: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #876d97 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #876d97 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 #876d97: 4 real palettes, including Campus and Discover's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #876d97, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #876d97, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #876d97 in 4 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Stripe's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #876d97 in 16 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Greige, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #876d97
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #876d97 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.5:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.66:1 | 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 #876d97 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #876d97 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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