Color
#b157db
#b157dbrgb(177, 87, 219)hsl(281, 65%, 60%)oklch(0.622 0.204 313.5)Colors that go with #b157db
Olive Drab, Sea Green and Charcoal 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 #b157db on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #b157db: 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 #b157db: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b157db: 3 real palettes, including Hasbro's brand system and Linkedin's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #b157db: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #b157db in two real palettes: Loom's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
triadicCopper completes a triad with #b157db — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
triadicCadet Blue completes a triad with #b157db — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #b157db
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b157db as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.26:1 | 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 #b157db as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b157db 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 #b157db and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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