Color
#8d85d5
#8d85d5rgb(141, 133, 213)hsl(246, 49%, 68%)oklch(0.657 0.117 287.3)Colors that go with #8d85d5
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 #8d85d5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #8d85d5 in 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #8d85d5, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #8d85d5: 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Telegram's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8d85d5: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #8d85d5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #8d85d5, as the supporting colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #8d85d5 in 6 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Cursor's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #8d85d5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8d85d5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.26:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.45:1 | 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 #8d85d5 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
#8d85d5 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 #8d85d5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8d85d5-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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