Color
#8a5ee4
#8a5ee4rgb(138, 94, 228)hsl(260, 71%, 63%)oklch(0.595 0.195 294.9)Colors that go with #8a5ee4
Olive Green, Royal Blue and Forest 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.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #8a5ee4 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #8a5ee4's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Forest Green #228b22
split-complementForest Green is a split-complement of #8a5ee4: 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 #8a5ee4: 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 #8a5ee4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #8a5ee4 in two real palettes: Calm's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #8a5ee4 in two real palettes: Lavender Haze and Discord's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Teal #008080
shippedTeal is paired with #8a5ee4 in two real palettes: Stripe's brand system and Gemstone, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #8a5ee4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a5ee4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.37:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.8:1 | 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 #8a5ee4 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#8a5ee4 reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #8a5ee4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8a5ee4-ae9cc4-dfc94e-2a1f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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