Color
#a282de
#a282dergb(162, 130, 222)hsl(261, 58%, 69%)oklch(0.674 0.136 298.7)Colors that go with #a282de
Midnight Blue, Medium Sea Green and Dark 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.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #a282de in 5 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Lavender Haze, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #a282de: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #a282de 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 text near-black for #a282de: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #a282de in two real palettes: Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #a282de in two real palettes: Ledger Dark and Open House, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
shippedHot Pink is paired with #a282de in two real palettes: Lavender Haze and Terminal, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Peru #cd853f
triadicPeru completes a triad with #a282de — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #a282de
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a282de as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.1:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.78:1 | 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 #a282de as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a282de reads as cool, modern. 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 #a282de and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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