Color
#b78bc1
#b78bc1rgb(183, 139, 193)hsl(289, 30%, 65%)oklch(0.697 0.091 320)Colors that go with #b78bc1
Charcoal, Medium Sea Green and Emerald Green 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #b78bc1: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
complementaryshippedMedium Sea Green sits directly opposite #b78bc1 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #b78bc1 in 5 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Supabase's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #b78bc1, as the text colour against it.
Peru #cd853f
triadicshippedPeru completes a triad with #b78bc1 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #b78bc1: 4 real palettes, including Crypto.com's brand system and First Snow, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #b78bc1 in 11 real palettes, including Dusk and Obsidian's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b78bc1: 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b78bc1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.81:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.48:1 | 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 #b78bc1 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #b78bc1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b78bc1-be9fc1-a8cb62-2d1f2a-ece9f1?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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