Color
#888ec3
#888ec3rgb(136, 142, 195)hsl(234, 33%, 65%)oklch(0.662 0.079 279)Colors that go with #888ec3
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 #888ec3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #888ec3 in 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #888ec3: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Atelier, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #888ec3: 5 real palettes, including Blueprint and Telegram's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #888ec3: 6 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 #888ec3, as the supporting colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Graphite and Gopro's brand system put Orange beside #888ec3, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementshippedPeru is a split-complement of #888ec3: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #888ec3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #888ec3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.13:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.7:1 | 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 #888ec3 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 #888ec3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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