Color
#8a2e73
#8a2e73rgb(138, 46, 115)hsl(315, 50%, 36%)oklch(0.461 0.148 339)Colors that go with #8a2e73
Denim, Sea Green 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.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #8a2e73 in 4 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Slack's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #8a2e73 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8a2e73: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #8a2e73: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #8a2e73: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #8a2e73's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #8a2e73 in two real palettes: Garnet and Mailchimp's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8a2e73 in two real palettes: Wayfair's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #8a2e73
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a2e73 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.72:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.72:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8a2e73 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
#8a2e73 reads as warm. 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 #8a2e73 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8a2e73-c19fb4-7bcb62-2d1f24-efe9f1?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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