Color
#8a7581
#8a7581rgb(138, 117, 129)hsl(326, 8%, 50%)oklch(0.586 0.031 342.8)Colors that go with #8a7581
Charcoal, Champagne and Copper 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 body-text near-black for #8a7581: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #8a7581, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8a7581: 5 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Lufthansa's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #8a7581, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #8a7581, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8a7581 in 4 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Subaru's brand system, as the accent.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #8a7581 in 6 real palettes, including Gallery and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #8a7581: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #8a7581
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a7581 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.25:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.94:1 | 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 #8a7581 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#8a7581 reads as muted, minimal. 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 #8a7581 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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