Color
#a86198
#a86198rgb(168, 97, 152)hsl(314, 29%, 52%)oklch(0.591 0.116 335.8)Colors that go with #a86198
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 #a86198: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #a86198 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a86198 in 6 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Notion's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementDark Cyan is a split-complement of #a86198: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #a86198: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedTwo real palettes: Plaid's brand system and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #a86198, as the supporting colour.
Orange #ffa500
shippedTwo real palettes: Sunset Boulevard and Graphite put Orange beside #a86198, as the supporting colour.
Tomato #ff6347
shippedTwo real palettes: Sunset Boulevard and Hermès's brand system put Tomato beside #a86198, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a86198
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a86198 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.35:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.83:1 | 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 #a86198 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a86198 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 #a86198 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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