Color
#bc85c7
#bc85c7rgb(188, 133, 199)hsl(290, 37%, 65%)oklch(0.694 0.112 320.7)Colors that go with #bc85c7
Medium Sea Green, 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.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
complementaryshippedMedium Sea Green sits directly opposite #bc85c7 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 #bc85c7 in 4 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Supabase's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #bc85c7, as the text colour against it.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #bc85c7 in 7 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Dusk, as the text colour against it.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #bc85c7 in 3 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #bc85c7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
analogousshippedCornflower Blue is #bc85c7's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bc85c7: 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bc85c7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.87:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.32:1 | 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 #bc85c7 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
#bc85c7 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 #bc85c7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bc85c7-bf9fc1-a6cb62-2d1f29-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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