Color
#8a95c7
#8a95c7rgb(138, 149, 199)hsl(229, 35%, 66%)oklch(0.68 0.075 274.6)Colors that go with #8a95c7
Charcoal, Dark Goldenrod and Amber 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 #8a95c7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryshippedDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #8a95c7 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 #8a95c7 in 7 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #8a95c7: 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Calm's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8a95c7: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #8a95c7 in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Obsidian's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #8a95c7, as the text colour against it.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #8a95c7 in 4 real palettes, including Cursor's brand system and Launch Orange, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #8a95c7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a95c7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.91:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.2:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8a95c7 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
#8a95c7 reads as cool, modern. 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 #8a95c7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8a95c7-9c9fc4-df7e4e-231f2d-e9eef1?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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