Color
#896eed
#896eedrgb(137, 110, 237)hsl(253, 78%, 68%)oklch(0.626 0.184 289.8)Colors that go with #896eed
Midnight Blue, Taupe and Olive Green 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.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #896eed in 4 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Discord's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #896eed in 8 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Zed's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #896eed on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementshippedOlive Drab is a split-complement of #896eed: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #896eed in 3 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Cargo's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #896eed: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #896eed in 3 real palettes, including Clerk's brand system and Readymag's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #896eed in 3 real palettes, including Stripe's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #896eed
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #896eed as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.81:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.52:1 | 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 #896eed as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#896eed reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #896eed and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/896eed-a99cc4-dfb84e-281f2d-e9ebf1?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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