Color
#b36cea
#b36ceargb(179, 108, 234)hsl(274, 75%, 67%)oklch(0.662 0.189 308.1)Colors that go with #b36cea
Olive Drab, Medium Sea Green and Amber 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 #b36cea on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #b36cea: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #b36cea in 3 real palettes, including Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
split-complementDark Goldenrod is a split-complement of #b36cea: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shippedTwo real palettes: Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #b36cea, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the text near-black for #b36cea: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #b36cea in two real palettes: Twitch's brand system and Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantom's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #b36cea in two real palettes: Loom's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #b36cea
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b36cea as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.36:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.25:1 | 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 #b36cea as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b36cea reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #b36cea and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b36cea-b79cc4-c2cb62-2d1f2d-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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