Color
#b26ca4
#b26ca4rgb(178, 108, 164)hsl(312, 31%, 56%)oklch(0.626 0.115 334.5)Colors that go with #b26ca4
Charcoal, Cadet Blue and Copper 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b26ca4: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryCadet Blue sits directly opposite #b26ca4 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #b26ca4 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #b26ca4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #b26ca4 in two real palettes: Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #b26ca4 in two real palettes: Semrush's brand system and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #b26ca4 in two real palettes: Typewriter and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #b26ca4 in Klarna US's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #b26ca4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b26ca4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.77:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.57:1 | 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 #b26ca4 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b26ca4 reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #b26ca4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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