Color
#a278de
#a278dergb(162, 120, 222)hsl(265, 61%, 67%)oklch(0.656 0.152 301.3)Colors that go with #a278de
Taupe, Olive Drab and Medium Sea Green 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.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a278de in 5 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #a278de on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #a278de: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #a278de in 3 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #a278de, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #a278de: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #a278de in 3 real palettes, including Netlify's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #a278de, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #a278de
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a278de as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.35:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.28:1 | 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 #a278de 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
#a278de 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 #a278de and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a278de-b19cc4-dfd54e-2b1f2d-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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