Color
#b495df
#b495dfrgb(180, 149, 223)hsl(265, 54%, 73%)oklch(0.725 0.11 303)Colors that go with #b495df
Amber, Emerald Green and Midnight 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 #b495df in 5 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Emerald Green #50c878
split-complementshippedEmerald Green is a split-complement of #b495df: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #b495df in 5 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and First Snow, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #b495df in 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Crypto.com's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #b495df in 4 real palettes, including Roblox's brand system and Webflow's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #b495df 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 #b495df: 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 #b495df: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b495df as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.53:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.31:1 | 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 #b495df 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
#b495df reads as cool, light, clean. 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 #b495df and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b495df-b19cc4-dfd54e-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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