Color
#986ce5
#986ce5rgb(152, 108, 229)hsl(262, 70%, 66%)oklch(0.631 0.177 297.9)Colors that go with #986ce5
Olive Drab, Amber and Midnight 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.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryshippedOlive Drab sits directly opposite #986ce5 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 #986ce5 in 4 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #986ce5, as that palette's text colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #986ce5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #986ce5 in 3 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Loom's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
split-complementDark Goldenrod is a split-complement of #986ce5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #986ce5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #986ce5 in two real palettes: Ahrefs's brand system and Playground, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #986ce5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #986ce5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.74:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.61:1 | 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 #986ce5 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
#986ce5 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 #986ce5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/986ce5-af9cc4-dfce4e-2a1f2d-e9eaf1?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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