Color
#ae87fd
#ae87fdrgb(174, 135, 253)hsl(260, 97%, 76%)oklch(0.71 0.17 297.1)Colors that go with #ae87fd
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 #ae87fd in 4 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #ae87fd in 5 real palettes, including Roblox's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryDark Khaki sits directly opposite #ae87fd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Emerald Green #50c878
split-complementshippedEmerald Green is a split-complement of #ae87fd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #ae87fd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
triadicshippedLight Sea Green completes a triad with #ae87fd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
triadicshippedDark Orange completes a triad with #ae87fd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Goldenrod #daa520
split-complementGoldenrod is a split-complement of #ae87fd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ae87fd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.73:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.68:1 | 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 #ae87fd as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ae87fd 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 #ae87fd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ae87fd-ae9cc4-dfc94e-2a1f2d-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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