Color
#a555aa
#a555aargb(165, 85, 170)hsl(296, 33%, 50%)oklch(0.577 0.152 325.1)Colors that go with #a555aa
Sea Green, Dark Cyan and Olive Green 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #a555aa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementshippedDark Cyan is a split-complement of #a555aa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #a555aa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the text near-black for #a555aa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Orange #ffa500
shippedOrange is paired with #a555aa in two real palettes: Sunset Boulevard and Rippling's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a555aa in two real palettes: Superhuman's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #a555aa in Klarna US's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Coral #ff7f50
shippedCoral is paired with #a555aa in Dusk Gradient, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #a555aa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a555aa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.69:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.48:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #a555aa 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 #a555aa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a555aa-c19fbf-9ccb62-2d1f28-ede9f1?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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