Color
#985dfe
#985dfergb(152, 93, 254)hsl(262, 99%, 68%)oklch(0.625 0.228 296)Colors that go with #985dfe
Olive Drab, Deep Sky Blue and Taupe 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.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #985dfe on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #985dfe in 3 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Render's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #985dfe in 3 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
split-complementDark Goldenrod is a split-complement of #985dfe: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the text near-black for #985dfe: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
shippedLight Sea Green is paired with #985dfe in two real palettes: Taco Bell's brand system and Circuit, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #985dfe in two real palettes: Calm's brand system and Sentry's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #985dfe in two real palettes: Lavender Haze and Discord's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #985dfe
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #985dfe as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.94:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.33:1 | 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 #985dfe as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#985dfe reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #985dfe and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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