Color
#ad42ff
#ad42ffrgb(173, 66, 255)hsl(274, 100%, 63%)oklch(0.618 0.263 305.6)Colors that go with #ad42ff
Olive Drab, Charcoal and Dark Goldenrod 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.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #ad42ff on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #ad42ff: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
split-complementDark Goldenrod is a split-complement of #ad42ff: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #ad42ff: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
analogousshippedMedium Slate Blue is #ad42ff's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ad42ff: two real palettes: Hasbro's brand system and Linkedin's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
shippedLight Sea Green shows up next to #ad42ff in two real palettes: Taco Bell's brand system and Circuit, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #ad42ff in two real palettes: Loom's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ad42ff
Tints & shades
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Contrast
| #ad42ff as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.2:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #ad42ff 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
#ad42ff reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #ad42ff and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ad42ff-b79cc4-c2cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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