Color

#8978f2

#8978f2
hex#8978f2
rgbrgb(137, 120, 242)
hslhsl(248, 82%, 71%)
oklchoklch(0.646 0.176 286.8)
Closest name: Orchid (#7a81ff)Relative luminance 0.2516

Colors that go with #8978f2

Amber, Blue and Deep Sky 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#e2f278

#78a5f2 · #c578f2

#f28978 · #78f289

Split-complementary

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#f2c578 · #a5f278

#f278a5 · #e2f278 · #78f2c5

Contrast

#8978f2 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.48:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #705def as the text (4.67:1)
  • AAA: use #4b33eb as the text (7.07:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #212121 (4.63:1)
Aaon black
6.03:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #998bf4 as the text (7.35:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8978f2 as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

Fonts for this mood

#8978f2 reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #8978f2
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #8978f2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/8978f2-a69cc4-dfac4e-271f2d-e9ecf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md