Color
#8a9cf0
#8a9cf0rgb(138, 156, 240)hsl(229, 77%, 74%)oklch(0.713 0.124 273.7)Colors that go with #8a9cf0
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Emerald 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #8a9cf0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #8a9cf0's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Emerald Green #50c878
split-complementshippedEmerald Green is a split-complement of #8a9cf0: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Goldenrod #daa520
complementaryshippedGoldenrod sits directly opposite #8a9cf0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
triadicshippedMedium Sea Green completes a triad with #8a9cf0 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #8a9cf0 in 8 real palettes, including Blue Mono and First Snow, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #8a9cf0 in 4 real palettes, including Cursor's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle is paired with #8a9cf0 in 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Calendly's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #8a9cf0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a9cf0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.59:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.09:1 | 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 #8a9cf0 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#8a9cf0 reads as cool, vivid, light. 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 #8a9cf0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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