Color
#cd85f4
#cd85f4rgb(205, 133, 244)hsl(279, 83%, 74%)oklch(0.732 0.17 312.7)Colors that go with #cd85f4
Amber, Yellow Green and Emerald 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.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #cd85f4 in 4 real palettes, including Gumroad's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Yellow Green #9acd32
complementaryYellow Green sits directly opposite #cd85f4 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 #cd85f4: 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 #cd85f4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
shippedMedium Slate Blue shows up next to #cd85f4 in 3 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Lavender Haze, as the supporting colour.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
triadicshippedLight Sea Green completes a triad with #cd85f4 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
split-complementDark Khaki is a split-complement of #cd85f4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
analogousshippedCornflower Blue is #cd85f4'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 #cd85f4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cd85f4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.54:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.26:1 | 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 #cd85f4 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
#cd85f4 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 #cd85f4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cd85f4-b99fc1-b9cb62-2d1f2c-ebe9f1?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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