Color
#a5697e
#a5697ergb(165, 105, 126)hsl(339, 25%, 53%)oklch(0.591 0.081 357.3)Colors that go with #a5697e
Charcoal, Champagne and Peru 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a5697e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #a5697e, as that palette's text colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #a5697e, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #a5697e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #a5697e in 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Mushroom, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a5697e in 20 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Clay & Linen, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #a5697e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped3 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #a5697e, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a5697e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a5697e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.27:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.92:1 | 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 #a5697e as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a5697e 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.
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