Color
#a05a8d
#a05a8drgb(160, 90, 141)hsl(316, 28%, 49%)oklch(0.565 0.113 338)Colors that go with #a05a8d
Sea Green, Orange and Taupe 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
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #a05a8d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Graphite put Orange beside #a05a8d, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a05a8d in 6 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Notion's brand system, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #a05a8d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a05a8d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedTwo real palettes: Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #a05a8d, as that palette's text colour.
Coral #ff7f50
shippedDesigners have shipped Coral with #a05a8d: two real palettes: Dusk Gradient and Clinic, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a05a8d: two real palettes: Campus and Chase's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a05a8d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a05a8d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.84:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.34:1 | 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 #a05a8d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a05a8d 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 #a05a8d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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