Color
#c17ec4
#c17ec4rgb(193, 126, 196)hsl(297, 37%, 63%)oklch(0.686 0.124 325.3)Colors that go with #c17ec4
Medium Sea Green, Taupe 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.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
complementaryshippedMedium Sea Green sits directly opposite #c17ec4 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #c17ec4 in 5 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #c17ec4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #c17ec4 in 3 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Meadow, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #c17ec4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
split-complementDark Sea Green is a split-complement of #c17ec4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shippedTwo real palettes: Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #c17ec4, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
analogousshippedCornflower Blue is #c17ec4's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #c17ec4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c17ec4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.98:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.05:1 | 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 #c17ec4 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
#c17ec4 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 #c17ec4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c17ec4-c19fbe-9acb62-2d1f28-ede9f1?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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