Color
#a86188
#a86188rgb(168, 97, 136)hsl(327, 29%, 52%)oklch(0.585 0.104 346.7)Colors that go with #a86188
Charcoal, Sea Green and Taupe 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 #a86188: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #a86188: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a86188 in 11 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Clean Beauty, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #a86188 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 #a86188, as that palette's text colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #a86188 in 3 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Fireside, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped3 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Graphite put Orange beside #a86188, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a86188 in 3 real palettes, including Zed's brand system and Slate Workspace, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a86188
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Contrast
| #a86188 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.44:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.73:1 | 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 #a86188 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a86188 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 #a86188 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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