Color
#a5788e
#a5788ergb(165, 120, 142)hsl(331, 20%, 56%)oklch(0.624 0.064 348.3)Colors that go with #a5788e
Charcoal, Cadet Blue and Champagne 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 #a5788e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #a5788e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #a5788e, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a5788e: 4 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped6 real palettes, including Kiln and Estate put Peru beside #a5788e, as the lead colour.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #a5788e in 4 real palettes, including Sepia Mono and Mushroom, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a5788e in 22 real palettes, including Typewriter and Kiln, as the lead colour.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #a5788e: 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Still Water, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #a5788e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a5788e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.7:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.68:1 | 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 #a5788e as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a5788e 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 #a5788e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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