Color
#b36ccb
#b36ccbrgb(179, 108, 203)hsl(285, 48%, 61%)oklch(0.645 0.155 317.1)Colors that go with #b36ccb
Olive Drab, Medium Slate Blue and Cadet 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.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #b36ccb on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
shippedMedium Slate Blue shows up next to #b36ccb in 3 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #b36ccb: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
split-complementDark Goldenrod is a split-complement of #b36ccb: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #b36ccb in two real palettes: Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #b36ccb in two real palettes: Klarna US's brand system and ClickUp's brand system, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the text near-black for #b36ccb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #b36ccb in two real palettes: Loom's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #b36ccb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b36ccb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.54:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.92:1 | 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 #b36ccb 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
#b36ccb 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 #b36ccb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b36ccb-bc9fc1-afcb62-2d1f2b-ebe9f1?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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