Color
#a5409d
#a5409drgb(165, 64, 157)hsl(305, 44%, 45%)oklch(0.543 0.173 330.9)Colors that go with #a5409d
Sea Green, Denim 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 #a5409d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a5409d: 4 real palettes, including Peacock and Hasbro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a5409d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #a5409d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #a5409d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Orange #ffa500
shippedTwo real palettes: Rippling's brand system and Sunset Boulevard put Orange beside #a5409d, as the lead colour.
Plum #dda0dd
shippedPlum shows up next to #a5409d in two real palettes: Semrush's brand system and NYX Cosmetics's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a5409d in two real palettes: Wayfair's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a5409d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a5409d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.5:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.82:1 | 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 #a5409d 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
#a5409d reads as warm. 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 #a5409d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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