Color
#bd74c8
#bd74c8rgb(189, 116, 200)hsl(292, 43%, 62%)oklch(0.667 0.144 322.2)Colors that go with #bd74c8
Medium Sea Green, Medium Slate Blue and Cadet 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 #bd74c8 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
shippedMedium Slate Blue shows up next to #bd74c8 in 3 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Lavender Haze, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #bd74c8: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #bd74c8 in two real palettes: Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the text near-black for #bd74c8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
split-complementDark Goldenrod is a split-complement of #bd74c8: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #bd74c8 in two real palettes: Loom's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Peru #cd853f
triadicPeru completes a triad with #bd74c8 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #bd74c8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bd74c8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.23:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.5:1 | 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 #bd74c8 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
#bd74c8 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 #bd74c8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bd74c8-c09fc1-a3cb62-2d1f29-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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