Named color
Orion Nebula
#a55af4rgb(165, 90, 244)hsl(269, 88%, 65%)oklch(0.628 0.222 302.9)Orion Nebula 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 Orion Nebula
Olive Drab, Charcoal 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.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite Orion Nebula 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 Orion Nebula: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with Orion Nebula: 3 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Render's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with Orion Nebula in 3 real palettes, including Loom's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
split-complementDark Goldenrod is a split-complement of Orion Nebula: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of Orion Nebula: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Orion Nebula in two real palettes: Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with Orion Nebula: two real palettes: Linkedin's brand system and Hasbro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use Orion Nebula
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Orion Nebula as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.91:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.37:1 | 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 Orion Nebula as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
Orion Nebula 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 #a55af4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a55af4-b49cc4-cbcb62-2c1f2d-e9e9f1?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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