Color
#8a67ad
#8a67adrgb(138, 103, 173)hsl(270, 30%, 54%)oklch(0.577 0.111 306.2)Colors that go with #8a67ad
Charcoal, Denim and Midnight Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #8a67ad: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8a67ad: 4 real palettes, including Campus and Linkedin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #8a67ad, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8a67ad in 7 real palettes, including Superhuman's brand system and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #8a67ad on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #8a67ad: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #8a67ad — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #8a67ad in two real palettes: Klarna US's brand system and ClickUp's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #8a67ad
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a67ad as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.54:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.62:1 | 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 #8a67ad as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #8a67ad and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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