Color
#a8717c
#a8717crgb(168, 113, 124)hsl(348, 24%, 55%)oklch(0.609 0.071 6.3)Colors that go with #a8717c
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 #a8717c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #a8717c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #a8717c, as that palette's text colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #a8717c, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #a8717c in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Gallery, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #a8717c: 5 real palettes, including Graphite and Homestead, as the lead colour.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #a8717c in 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Mushroom, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a8717c in 21 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Clay & Linen, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #a8717c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a8717c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.95:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.32:1 | 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 #a8717c as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a8717c 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 #a8717c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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