Color
#a23978
#a23978rgb(162, 57, 120)hsl(324, 48%, 43%)oklch(0.513 0.155 346.9)Colors that go with #a23978
Denim, Taupe and Teal 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.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #a23978 in 6 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a23978 in 4 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Typewriter, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Teal #008080
complementaryTeal sits directly opposite #a23978 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-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #a23978: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #a23978 in two real palettes: Ember and Maple, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a23978: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a23978 in two real palettes: Nintendo's brand system and Lenovo's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange #ffa500
shippedOrange is paired with #a23978 in two real palettes: Rippling's brand system and Sunset Boulevard, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #a23978
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a23978 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.19:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.39:1 | 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 #a23978 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#a23978 reads as warm. 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 #a23978 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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