Color
#bda5fd
#bda5fdrgb(189, 165, 253)hsl(256, 96%, 82%)oklch(0.776 0.125 295.9)Colors that go with #bda5fd
Deep Sky Blue, Midnight Blue and Yellow 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.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #bda5fd in 4 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Calendly's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #bda5fd in 6 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Lavender Milk, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Yellow Green #9acd32
complementaryYellow Green sits directly opposite #bda5fd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #bda5fd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Goldenrod #daa520
split-complementGoldenrod is a split-complement of #bda5fd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Lime Green #32cd32
split-complementLime Green is a split-complement of #bda5fd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Slate Blue #483d8b
shippedDark Slate Blue is paired with #bda5fd in two real palettes: First Snow and Harbour, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
shippedHot Pink is paired with #bda5fd in two real palettes: Lavender Haze and Terminal, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #bda5fd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bda5fd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.11:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.96:1 | 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 #bda5fd 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
#bda5fd reads as cool, vivid, light. 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 #bda5fd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bda5fd-ab9cc4-dfbf4e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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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