Color

#8d74dc

#8d74dc
hex#8d74dc
rgbrgb(141, 116, 220)
hslhsl(254, 60%, 66%)
oklchoklch(0.629 0.153 292.5)
Closest name: mediumpurple (#9370db)Relative luminance 0.2332

Colors that go with #8d74dc

Amber, Blue and Deep Sky 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#c4dc74

#7490dc · #c174dc

#dc8d74 · #74dc8d

Split-complementary

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#dcc174 · #90dc74

#dc7490 · #c4dc74 · #74dcc1

Contrast

#8d74dc as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.71:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #7c60d7 as the text (4.65:1)
  • AAA: use #5d3bce as the text (7.04:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #1c1c1c (4.6:1)
Aaon black
5.66:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #9d89e1 as the text (7.1:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8d74dc 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

#8d74dc reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #8d74dc
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 #8d74dc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/8d74dc-aa9cc4-dfbb4e-291f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md