Color
#8a4780
#8a4780rgb(138, 71, 128)hsl(309, 32%, 41%)oklch(0.501 0.118 333)Colors that go with #8a4780
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 #8a4780 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 #8a4780 in 5 real palettes, including Blush and Superhuman's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8a4780: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8a4780 in 3 real palettes, including Wayfair's brand system and Stripe's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #8a4780: 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 #8a4780: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #8a4780 in two real palettes: Hinge's brand system and Peacock, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Coral #f08080
shippedLight Coral is paired with #8a4780 in two real palettes: Blush and Sentry's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #8a4780
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a4780 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.38:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.29:1 | 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 #8a4780 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#8a4780 reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #8a4780 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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