Color
#a5698c
#a5698crgb(165, 105, 140)hsl(325, 25%, 53%)oklch(0.596 0.09 344.3)Colors that go with #a5698c
Charcoal, Taupe and Dark Cyan 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 #a5698c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a5698c in 14 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Typewriter, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #a5698c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #a5698c, as that palette's text colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped3 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Graphite put Orange beside #a5698c, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped3 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln put Peru beside #a5698c, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #a5698c in 3 real palettes, including Semrush's brand system and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
shippedSea Green shows up next to #a5698c in 3 real palettes, including Mushroom and Next.js's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #a5698c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a5698c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.2:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5:1 | 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 #a5698c as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#a5698c 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 #a5698c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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