Color
#878bb5
#878bb5rgb(135, 139, 181)hsl(235, 24%, 62%)oklch(0.649 0.063 280.3)Colors that go with #878bb5
Charcoal, Copper and Dark Goldenrod 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 #878bb5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #878bb5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryshippedDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #878bb5 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #878bb5 in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #878bb5: 4 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #878bb5: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #878bb5, as the supporting colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #878bb5: 5 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #878bb5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #878bb5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.29:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.39:1 | 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 #878bb5 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 #878bb5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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