Color
#b491ee
#b491eergb(180, 145, 238)hsl(263, 73%, 75%)oklch(0.725 0.136 300.4)Colors that go with #b491ee
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 #b491ee in 5 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Lavender Milk put Midnight Blue beside #b491ee, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #b491ee in 4 real palettes, including Roblox's brand system and Webflow's brand system, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
split-complementshippedEmerald Green is a split-complement of #b491ee: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryDark Khaki sits directly opposite #b491ee on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Goldenrod #daa520
split-complementshippedGoldenrod is a split-complement of #b491ee: 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 #b491ee: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b491ee: 3 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Dusk, as the accent.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b491ee as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.55:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.23:1 | 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 #b491ee 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
#b491ee 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 #b491ee and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b491ee-b09cc4-dfd04e-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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