Color
#8876ad
#8876adrgb(136, 118, 173)hsl(260, 25%, 57%)oklch(0.604 0.084 298.9)Colors that go with #8876ad
Charcoal, Amber and Copper 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 #8876ad: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #8876ad in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #8876ad: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #8876ad: 4 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Telegram's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8876ad: 5 real palettes, including Campus and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #8876ad, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8876ad in 13 real palettes, including Dusk and Typewriter, as the text colour against it.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #8876ad on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #8876ad
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8876ad as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.01:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.24:1 | 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 #8876ad 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 #8876ad and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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