Color
#8978ba
#8978bargb(137, 120, 186)hsl(255, 32%, 60%)oklch(0.615 0.099 295.2)Colors that go with #8978ba
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 #8978ba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #8978ba in 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #8978ba: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #8978ba: 4 real palettes, including Blueprint and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8978ba: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #8978ba, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8978ba in 9 real palettes, including Retool's brand system and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #8978ba on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #8978ba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8978ba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.85:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.46:1 | 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 #8978ba 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 #8978ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8978ba-ab9cc4-dfbd4e-291f2d-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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