Color
#a05481
#a05481rgb(160, 84, 129)hsl(324, 31%, 48%)oklch(0.551 0.115 345)Colors that go with #a05481
Taupe, Teal and Sea 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.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a05481 in 8 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Notion's brand system, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
complementaryTeal sits directly opposite #a05481 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #a05481: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped3 real palettes, including Blush and Cartier's brand system put Blush Pink beside #a05481, as the supporting colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped3 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Rippling's brand system put Orange beside #a05481, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
triadicshippedDark Olive Green completes a triad with #a05481 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedTwo real palettes: Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #a05481, as that palette's text colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a05481: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #a05481
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a05481 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.15:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.08:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #a05481 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a05481 reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #a05481 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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