Color
#895fa5
#895fa5rgb(137, 95, 165)hsl(276, 28%, 51%)oklch(0.558 0.114 310.7)Colors that go with #895fa5
Charcoal, Sea Green 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 #895fa5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #895fa5 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #895fa5, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #895fa5 in 4 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #895fa5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #895fa5 in 3 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #895fa5: 3 real palettes, including Linkedin's brand system and Campus, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #895fa5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #895fa5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #895fa5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.95:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.24:1 | 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 #895fa5 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 #895fa5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/895fa5-b99cc4-bfcb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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