Color
#a97ea1
#a97ea1rgb(169, 126, 161)hsl(311, 20%, 58%)oklch(0.646 0.072 333)Colors that go with #a97ea1
Charcoal, Cadet Blue and Copper 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 #a97ea1: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #a97ea1 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #a97ea1 in 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Atelier, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a97ea1 in 17 real palettes, including Dusk and Typewriter, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #a97ea1 in 3 real palettes, including Estate and Blush, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #a97ea1 in 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #a97ea1 in 3 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #a97ea1 in 3 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #a97ea1
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a97ea1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.39:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.19:1 | 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 #a97ea1 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a97ea1 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 #a97ea1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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