Color
#887a9f
#887a9frgb(136, 122, 159)hsl(263, 16%, 55%)oklch(0.606 0.057 302)Colors that go with #887a9f
Charcoal, Copper and Champagne 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 #887a9f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #887a9f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #887a9f, as that palette's text colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #887a9f: 5 real palettes, including Campus and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #887a9f, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside #887a9f, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #887a9f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #887a9f in 19 real palettes, including Typewriter and Graphite Mono, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #887a9f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #887a9f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.94:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.33:1 | 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 #887a9f 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 #887a9f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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