Color
#8c85cc
#8c85ccrgb(140, 133, 204)hsl(246, 41%, 66%)oklch(0.651 0.105 287.6)Colors that go with #8c85cc
Charcoal, Amber and Blue 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 #8c85cc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #8c85cc in 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #8c85cc, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #8c85cc — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #8c85cc: 5 real palettes, including Blueprint and Telegram's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8c85cc: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #8c85cc, as the supporting colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #8c85cc in 4 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Cursor's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #8c85cc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8c85cc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.31:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.34:1 | 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 #8c85cc 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
#8c85cc 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 #8c85cc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8c85cc-a59cc4-dfa74e-271f2d-e9ecf1?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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