Color
#a6597e
#a6597ergb(166, 89, 126)hsl(331, 30%, 50%)oklch(0.566 0.11 351)Colors that go with #a6597e
Sea Green, Taupe and Teal 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
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #a6597e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a6597e in 12 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
complementaryTeal sits directly opposite #a6597e 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 Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #a6597e, as that palette's text colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #a6597e in 3 real palettes, including Fireside and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #a6597e in 3 real palettes, including Sourcegraph's brand system and Indigo SaaS, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped3 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Graphite put Orange beside #a6597e, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a6597e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #a6597e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a6597e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.83:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.35:1 | 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 #a6597e as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a6597e 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 #a6597e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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