Color
#a38bdf
#a38bdfrgb(163, 139, 223)hsl(257, 57%, 71%)oklch(0.692 0.123 296.2)Colors that go with #a38bdf
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #a38bdf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #a38bdf in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including First Snow and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #a38bdf, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a38bdf in 4 real palettes, including Roblox's brand system and Webflow's brand system, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a38bdf in 6 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Dusk, as the text colour against it.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #a38bdf: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #a38bdf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementshippedPeru is a split-complement of #a38bdf: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a38bdf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.87:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.32:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #a38bdf 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
#a38bdf reads as cool, light, clean. 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 #a38bdf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a38bdf-ac9cc4-dfc24e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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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