Color
#8a468b
#8a468brgb(138, 70, 139)hsl(299, 33%, 41%)oklch(0.505 0.13 326.8)Colors that go with #8a468b
Sea Green, Taupe 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #8a468b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8a468b in 4 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Blush, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #8a468b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8a468b: 3 real palettes, including Peacock and Hinge's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #8a468b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
split-complementDark Olive Green is a split-complement of #8a468b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8a468b in two real palettes: Lenovo's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Light Coral #f08080
shippedDesigners have shipped Light Coral with #8a468b: two real palettes: Sentry's brand system and Blush, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #8a468b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a468b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.31:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.33:1 | 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 #8a468b 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 #8a468b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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