Lavender Haze
Open in tool →Violet and pink on lilac-white: Gen-Z friendly, while the deep plum text keeps it legible.
Color
#8a5de9
#8a5de9
hex
#8a5de9rgb
rgb(138, 93, 233)hsl
hsl(259, 76%, 64%)oklch
oklch(0.597 0.202 294.3)Closest name: mediumslateblue (#7b68ee)Relative luminance 0.1912
Colors that go with #8a5de9
Royal Blue, Taupe and Olive Green 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #8a5de9's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8a5de9 in 5 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Zed's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #8a5de9 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #8a5de9 in 3 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #8a5de9: 3 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Render's brand system, as the lead colour.
Forest Green #228b22
split-complementForest Green is a split-complement of #8a5de9: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
split-complementCopper is a split-complement of #8a5de9: 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 #8a5de9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Real palettes that use #8a5de9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a5de9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.35:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.82:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8a5de9 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#8a5de9 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #8a5de9
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #8a5de9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/8a5de9-ad9cc4-dfc74e-2a1f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md