Color
#8a488e
#8a488ergb(138, 72, 142)hsl(297, 33%, 42%)oklch(0.509 0.13 325.1)Colors that go with #8a488e
Sea Green, Taupe and Teal 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
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #8a488e 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 #8a488e in 3 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Dusk, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #8a488e: 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 #8a488e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the text near-black for #8a488e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousSlate Blue is #8a488e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #8a488e in Klarna US's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #8a488e in Blush, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #8a488e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a488e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.18:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.4:1 | 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 #8a488e 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 #8a488e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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