Color
#a45185
#a45185rgb(164, 81, 133)hsl(322, 34%, 48%)oklch(0.553 0.126 343.6)Colors that go with #a45185
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 #a45185 in 5 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
complementaryTeal sits directly opposite #a45185 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 #a45185: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Orange #ffa500
shipped3 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Rippling's brand system put Orange beside #a45185, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
triadicshippedDark Olive Green completes a triad with #a45185 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a45185: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a45185: two real palettes: Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedTwo real palettes: Clay & Linen and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #a45185, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a45185
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a45185 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.13:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.09:1 | 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 #a45185 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a45185 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 #a45185 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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