Color

#a40e81

#a40e81
hex#a40e81
rgbrgb(164, 14, 129)
hslhsl(314, 84%, 35%)
oklchoklch(0.488 0.204 341)
Closest name: Katy Berry (#aa0077)Relative luminance 0.0979

Colors that go with #a40e81

Denim, Sea Green and Forest 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#0ea431

#7c0ea4 · #a40e36

#81a40e · #0e81a4

Split-complementary

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#36a40e · #0ea47c

#a47c0e · #0ea431 · #0e36a4

Contrast

#a40e81 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.1:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.96:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #d813aa as the text (4.59:1)
  • AAA: use #f15bce as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #cfcfcf (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #ffffff (7.1:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #a40e81 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#a40e81 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #a40e81
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #a40e81 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/a40e81-c19fb5-7ccb62-2d1f24-efe9f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md