Color
#8788ba
#8788bargb(135, 136, 186)hsl(239, 27%, 63%)oklch(0.645 0.074 283.2)Colors that go with #8788ba
Charcoal, Copper 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 #8788ba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #8788ba: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #8788ba in 5 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #8788ba: 4 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8788ba: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #8788ba in 4 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Spotify's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #8788ba, as the supporting colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Graphite and Campus put Orange beside #8788ba, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #8788ba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8788ba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.35:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.26:1 | 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 #8788ba 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 #8788ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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