Color
#949cfa
#949cfargb(148, 156, 250)hsl(235, 91%, 78%)oklch(0.725 0.136 278.7)Colors that go with #949cfa
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Goldenrod 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 #949cfa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #949cfa's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Goldenrod #daa520
complementaryshippedGoldenrod sits directly opposite #949cfa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #949cfa in 7 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #949cfa, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #949cfa: 5 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #949cfa in 4 real palettes, including Spotify's brand system and Terminal, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Blue Mono and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #949cfa, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #949cfa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #949cfa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.5:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.39:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #949cfa as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#949cfa reads as cool, vivid, light. 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 #949cfa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/949cfa-9e9cc4-df8d4e-241f2d-e9eef1?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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