Color
#8b259d
#8b259drgb(139, 37, 157)hsl(291, 62%, 38%)oklch(0.478 0.194 321.1)Colors that go with #8b259d
Denim, Forest Green and Teal 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.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8b259d: 4 real palettes, including Peacock and Slack's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryForest Green sits directly opposite #8b259d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #8b259d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #8b259d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8b259d in 3 real palettes, including Gemstone and Lenovo's brand system, as the accent.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #8b259d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8b259d in two real palettes: Datadog's brand system and Superhuman's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
analogousMedium Violet Red is #8b259d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #8b259d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8b259d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.37:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.85:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8b259d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#8b259d reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #8b259d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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