Color
#b288ce
#b288cergb(178, 136, 206)hsl(276, 42%, 67%)oklch(0.692 0.11 311.2)Colors that go with #b288ce
Midnight Blue, Taupe and Dark Sea Green 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.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #b288ce in 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Open House, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #b288ce 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 #b288ce: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
analogousshippedCornflower Blue is #b288ce's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Peru #cd853f
triadicshippedPeru completes a triad with #b288ce — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #b288ce: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sand #c2b280
split-complementSand is a split-complement of #b288ce: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #b288ce
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b288ce as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.87:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.31:1 | 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 #b288ce as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b288ce 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 #b288ce and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b288ce-b99cc4-bfcb62-2d1f2d-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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