Color
#885aba
#885abargb(136, 90, 186)hsl(269, 41%, 54%)oklch(0.56 0.149 304.1)Colors that go with #885aba
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 #885aba: 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 #885aba: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #885aba in 4 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Lavender Haze put Midnight Blue beside #885aba, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #885aba in 4 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #885aba 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 #885aba in 3 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #885aba: 3 real palettes, including Peacock and The New York Times's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #885aba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #885aba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.98:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.22:1 | 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 #885aba as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#885aba 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 #885aba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/885aba-b49cc4-cbcb62-2c1f2d-e9e9f1?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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