Color
#c545de
#c545dergb(197, 69, 222)hsl(290, 70%, 57%)oklch(0.629 0.238 320.6)Colors that go with #c545de
Olive Drab, Charcoal and Olive 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.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #c545de 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 #c545de: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #c545de: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #c545de: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Purple #9370db
analogousshippedMedium Purple is #c545de's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #c545de in two real palettes: The Ordinary's brand system and Snyk's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #c545de: two real palettes: Hasbro's brand system and Peacock, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #c545de in two real palettes: Loom's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #c545de
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c545de as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.98:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.28:1 | 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 #c545de 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
#c545de 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 #c545de and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c545de-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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