Color
#8e397a
#8e397argb(142, 57, 122)hsl(314, 43%, 39%)oklch(0.484 0.14 337.7)Colors that go with #8e397a
Denim, Sea Green and Charcoal 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 #8e397a: 4 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Peacock, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #8e397a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8e397a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #8e397a in 3 real palettes, including Wayfair's brand system and Garnet, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8e397a in 3 real palettes, including Blush and Superhuman's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #8e397a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
split-complementDark Olive Green is a split-complement of #8e397a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8e397a in two real palettes: Lenovo's brand system and Wells Fargo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #8e397a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8e397a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.96:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.02:1 | 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 #8e397a 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
#8e397a reads as warm. 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 #8e397a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8e397a-c19fb5-7ccb62-2d1f24-efe9f1?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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