Color
#a397c4
#a397c4rgb(163, 151, 196)hsl(256, 28%, 68%)oklch(0.702 0.066 296.9)Colors that go with #a397c4
Charcoal, Amber and Copper 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 #a397c4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #a397c4 in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a397c4: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #a397c4: 5 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #a397c4 in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Obsidian's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #a397c4, as the text colour against it.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle shows up next to #a397c4 in 4 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
triadicshippedPeru completes a triad with #a397c4 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #a397c4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a397c4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.7:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.78:1 | 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 #a397c4 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #a397c4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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