Color
#b28be4
#b28be4rgb(178, 139, 228)hsl(266, 62%, 72%)oklch(0.708 0.132 303.4)Colors that go with #b28be4
Amber, Midnight Blue and Royal Blue 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 #b28be4 in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including First Snow and Lavender Milk put Midnight Blue beside #b28be4, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #b28be4 in 5 real palettes, including Sephora's brand system and Roblox's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #b28be4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #b28be4 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
split-complementshippedDark Khaki is a split-complement of #b28be4: 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 #b28be4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b28be4: 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b28be4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.73:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.71:1 | 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 #b28be4 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#b28be4 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 #b28be4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b28be4-b29cc4-dfd74e-2b1f2d-e9eaf1?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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