Color
#8d5382
#8d5382rgb(141, 83, 130)hsl(311, 26%, 44%)oklch(0.525 0.1 334.2)Colors that go with #8d5382
Sea Green, Orange and Royal 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #8d5382 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Graphite and Rippling's brand system put Orange beside #8d5382, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8d5382 in 4 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Stripe's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8d5382 in 12 real palettes, including Blush and Superhuman's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #8d5382: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Darkroom put Champagne beside #8d5382, as that palette's text colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8d5382: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Lufthansa's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #8d5382, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #8d5382
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8d5382 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.69:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.69:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8d5382 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#8d5382 reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #8d5382 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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