Color
#a3487e
#a3487ergb(163, 72, 126)hsl(324, 39%, 46%)oklch(0.536 0.136 346)Colors that go with #a3487e
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 #a3487e in 4 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Typewriter, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
complementaryTeal sits directly opposite #a3487e 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 #a3487e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a3487e: 3 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #a3487e in two real palettes: Ember and Maple, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a3487e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedTwo real palettes: MLB's brand system and Nintendo's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #a3487e, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shippedTwo real palettes: Rippling's brand system and Sunset Boulevard put Orange beside #a3487e, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a3487e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a3487e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.55:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.79:1 | 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 #a3487e 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
#a3487e 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 #a3487e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a3487e-c19faf-6bcb62-2d1f22-f0e9f1?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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