Color
#a65e89
#a65e89rgb(166, 94, 137)hsl(324, 29%, 51%)oklch(0.578 0.108 344.3)Colors that go with #a65e89
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 #a65e89: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a65e89 in 10 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Notion's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #a65e89 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #a65e89: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #a65e89, as that palette's text colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped3 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Graphite put Orange beside #a65e89, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a65e89 in 3 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Slate Workspace, as the supporting colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shippedTwo real palettes: Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #a65e89, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #a65e89
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a65e89 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.58:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.58:1 | 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 #a65e89 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a65e89 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 #a65e89 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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