Color
#8a38ad
#8a38adrgb(138, 56, 173)hsl(282, 51%, 45%)oklch(0.506 0.186 314)Colors that go with #8a38ad
Sea Green, Charcoal and Denim 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #8a38ad 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 text near-black for #8a38ad: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8a38ad: 3 real palettes, including Peacock and Slack's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #8a38ad — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #8a38ad: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8a38ad in two real palettes: Gemstone and Marvel's brand system, as the accent.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
shippedLight Sea Green shows up next to #8a38ad in two real palettes: Circuit and Taco Bell's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedTwo real palettes: Kraken's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #8a38ad, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #8a38ad
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a38ad as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.46:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.25:1 | 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 #8a38ad as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#8a38ad reads as cool, modern. 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 #8a38ad and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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