Color
#886aaf
#886aafrgb(136, 106, 175)hsl(266, 30%, 55%)oklch(0.582 0.108 303.2)Colors that go with #886aaf
Charcoal, Denim and Midnight Blue 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 #886aaf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #886aaf: 5 real palettes, including Campus and Linkedin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #886aaf, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #886aaf in 10 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #886aaf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #886aaf: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #886aaf in 3 real palettes, including Semrush's brand system and Gallery, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #886aaf — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #886aaf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #886aaf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.44:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.73:1 | 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 #886aaf 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 #886aaf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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