Color
#5a1155
#5a1155rgb(90, 17, 85)hsl(304, 68%, 21%)oklch(0.336 0.132 331.1)Colors that go with #5a1155
Sea Green, Cream and Denim 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #5a1155 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralshippedCream is the surface #5a1155 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #5a1155 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5a1155: 3 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Heinz's brand system, as the accent.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped3 real palettes, including Golden Hour and FedEx's brand system put Tomato beside #5a1155, as the supporting colour.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #5a1155: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #5a1155: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
analogousshippedBlue Violet is #5a1155's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shippedTwo real palettes: Sketch's brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #5a1155, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #5a1155
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5a1155 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.76:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.65:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #5a1155 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#5a1155 reads as warm, vivid, dark. 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 #5a1155 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5a1155-c19fba-8ecb62-2d1f26-eee9f1?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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