Color
#a45fab
#a45fabrgb(164, 95, 171)hsl(294, 31%, 52%)oklch(0.591 0.135 323.7)Colors that go with #a45fab
Sea Green, Dark Cyan 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 #a45fab on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementshippedDark Cyan is a split-complement of #a45fab: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #a45fab: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #a45fab: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #a45fab in two real palettes: Hasbro's brand system and Peacock, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #a45fab in two real palettes: Marvel's brand system and Plaid's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a45fab in two real palettes: Superhuman's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
triadicCopper completes a triad with #a45fab — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #a45fab
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a45fab as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.37:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.8:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #a45fab as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #a45fab and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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