Color
#a40489
#a40489rgb(164, 4, 137)hsl(310, 95%, 33%)oklch(0.489 0.213 337.8)Colors that go with #a40489
Denim, Sea Green 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.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a40489: 4 real palettes, including Peacock and Hasbro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #a40489 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a40489: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #a40489's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #a40489: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #a40489: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a40489 in two real palettes: Wayfair's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Olive Green #808000
triadicOlive Green completes a triad with #a40489 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #a40489
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a40489 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.1:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.96:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #a40489 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
#a40489 reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #a40489 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a40489-c19fb7-83cb62-2d1f25-efe9f1?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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