Color
#a488d8
#a488d8rgb(164, 136, 216)hsl(261, 51%, 69%)oklch(0.684 0.118 299.4)Colors that go with #a488d8
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 #a488d8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #a488d8 in 4 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including First Snow and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #a488d8, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a488d8 in 4 real palettes, including Roblox's brand system and Webflow's brand system, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a488d8 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 #a488d8: 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 #a488d8 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a488d8: 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a488d8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.96:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.09:1 | 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 #a488d8 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
#a488d8 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 #a488d8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a488d8-af9cc4-dfcb4e-2a1f2d-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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