Color

#8b11bb

#8b11bb
hex#8b11bb
rgbrgb(139, 17, 187)
hslhsl(283, 83%, 40%)
oklchoklch(0.488 0.234 312.5)
Closest name: Lilac Spring (#8822cc)Relative luminance 0.0948

Colors that go with #8b11bb

Denim, Forest Green and Charcoal 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#41bb11

#3611bb · #bb1196

#bb8b11 · #11bb8b

Split-complementary

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#96bb11 · #11bb36

#bb3611 · #41bb11 · #1196bb

Contrast

#8b11bb as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.25:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.9:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #b62deb as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #cc6ef2 as the text (7.08:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #cccccc (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #fcfcfc (7.07:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8b11bb 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

#8b11bb reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #8b11bb
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #8b11bb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/8b11bb-bb9fc1-b2cb62-2d1f2b-ebe9f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md