Color
#a3528d
#a3528drgb(163, 82, 141)hsl(316, 33%, 48%)oklch(0.557 0.13 338.5)Colors that go with #a3528d
Sea Green, Teal and Charcoal 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 #a3528d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #a3528d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a3528d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a3528d: two real palettes: Chase's brand system and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shippedTwo real palettes: Sunset Boulevard and Rippling's brand system put Orange beside #a3528d, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a3528d in two real palettes: Dunkin''s brand system and Superhuman's brand system, as the lead colour.
Olive Green #808000
triadicOlive Green completes a triad with #a3528d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shippedDunkin''s brand system puts Blue beside #a3528d, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a3528d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a3528d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.06:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.15:1 | 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 #a3528d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a3528d 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 #a3528d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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