Color
#a356d7
#a356d7rgb(163, 86, 215)hsl(276, 62%, 59%)oklch(0.601 0.196 309.2)Colors that go with #a356d7
Olive Drab, Sea Green and Charcoal 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 #a356d7 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #a356d7: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #a356d7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a356d7 in 3 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Loom's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
triadicshippedDark Cyan completes a triad with #a356d7 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #a356d7: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a356d7 in two real palettes: Marvel's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a356d7: two real palettes: Hasbro's brand system and Peacock, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a356d7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a356d7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.31:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.87:1 | 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 #a356d7 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
#a356d7 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 #a356d7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a356d7-b99cc4-bfcb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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