Color
#8946aa
#8946aargb(137, 70, 170)hsl(280, 42%, 47%)oklch(0.521 0.162 313.1)Colors that go with #8946aa
Sea Green, Teal and Charcoal 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #8946aa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #8946aa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #8946aa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #8946aa in 3 real palettes, including Peacock and Hasbro's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #8946aa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8946aa in two real palettes: Gemstone and Marvel's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #8946aa in two real palettes: Calm's brand system and Kraken's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #8946aa in two real palettes: Sentry's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #8946aa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8946aa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.97:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.52:1 | 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 #8946aa as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#8946aa 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 #8946aa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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