Color
#b271da
#b271dargb(178, 113, 218)hsl(277, 59%, 65%)oklch(0.659 0.163 311.2)Colors that go with #b271da
Medium Sea Green, Dark Goldenrod 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.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
complementaryMedium Sea Green sits directly opposite #b271da on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
split-complementDark Goldenrod is a split-complement of #b271da: 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 #b271da: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
triadicCadet Blue completes a triad with #b271da — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Peru #cd853f
triadicPeru completes a triad with #b271da — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #b271da in Blueprint, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #b271da in Midnight Luxe, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
shippedDark Khaki is paired with #b271da in Midnight Luxe, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #b271da
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b271da as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.35:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.27:1 | 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 #b271da as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b271da reads as cool, modern. 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 #b271da and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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