Named color
Imperial Lilac
#a99fcfrgb(169, 159, 207)hsl(252, 33%, 72%)oklch(0.728 0.07 294.2)Imperial Lilac on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the 1 public brand that uses it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Imperial Lilac
Charcoal, Dark Khaki and Deep Sky Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for Imperial Lilac: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite Imperial Lilac on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with Imperial Lilac: 5 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with Imperial Lilac: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with Imperial Lilac: 4 real palettes, including Opensea's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with Imperial Lilac in 5 real palettes, including Supabase's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including First Snow and Open House put Midnight Blue beside Imperial Lilac, as the text colour against it.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle shows up next to Imperial Lilac in 4 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Imperial Lilac
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Imperial Lilac as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.46:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.55:1 | 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 Imperial Lilac as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
Imperial Lilac reads as cool, muted, 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 #a99fcf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a99fcf-a99cc4-dfb64e-281f2d-e9ecf1?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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