Color
#cba4ff
#cba4ffrgb(203, 164, 255)hsl(266, 100%, 82%)oklch(0.787 0.132 303.2)Colors that go with #cba4ff
Midnight Blue, Taupe 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.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #cba4ff in 4 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Lavender Milk, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #cba4ff in 4 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Blossom, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Yellow Green #9acd32
complementaryYellow Green sits directly opposite #cba4ff on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Emerald Green #50c878
split-complementshippedEmerald Green is a split-complement of #cba4ff: 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 #cba4ff: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #cba4ff in 3 real palettes, including Calendly's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #cba4ff in 3 real palettes, including Roblox's brand system and 1password's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
triadicshippedDark Orange completes a triad with #cba4ff — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #cba4ff
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cba4ff as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.04:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.29:1 | 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 #cba4ff as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#cba4ff 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 #cba4ff and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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