Color
#a488f7
#a488f7rgb(164, 136, 247)hsl(255, 87%, 75%)oklch(0.699 0.16 293.5)Colors that go with #a488f7
Amber, Royal Blue and Dark Khaki 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.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #a488f7 in 4 real palettes, including Blueprint and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a488f7 in 5 real palettes, including Roblox's brand system and Sephora's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryDark Khaki sits directly opposite #a488f7 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #a488f7, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #a488f7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a488f7 in 3 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
triadicshippedLight Sea Green completes a triad with #a488f7 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Lime Green #32cd32
split-complementLime Green is a split-complement of #a488f7: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #a488f7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a488f7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.82:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.44:1 | 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 #a488f7 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#a488f7 reads as cool, vivid, light. 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 #a488f7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a488f7-ab9cc4-dfbd4e-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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