Color
#bd40e2
#bd40e2rgb(189, 64, 226)hsl(286, 74%, 57%)oklch(0.616 0.244 317.3)Colors that go with #bd40e2
Olive Drab, Sea Green and Charcoal 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 #bd40e2 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #bd40e2: 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 #bd40e2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bd40e2: 3 real palettes, including Hasbro's brand system and Peacock, as the supporting colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
triadicshippedDark Cyan completes a triad with #bd40e2 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #bd40e2: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
analogousshippedMedium Slate Blue is #bd40e2's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #bd40e2 in two real palettes: Loom's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #bd40e2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bd40e2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.2:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5:1 | 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 #bd40e2 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#bd40e2 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 #bd40e2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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