Color
#aa55b9
#aa55b9rgb(170, 85, 185)hsl(291, 42%, 53%)oklch(0.591 0.169 321.4)Colors that go with #aa55b9
Sea Green, Dark Cyan and Charcoal 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #aa55b9 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementshippedDark Cyan is a split-complement of #aa55b9: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #aa55b9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #aa55b9: 3 real palettes, including Hasbro's brand system and Linkedin's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #aa55b9 in 3 real palettes, including Loom's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #aa55b9: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #aa55b9 in two real palettes: Klarna US's brand system and ClickUp's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedTwo real palettes: Lavender Haze and Marvel's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #aa55b9, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #aa55b9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aa55b9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.46:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.71:1 | 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 #aa55b9 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#aa55b9 reads as cool, modern. 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 #aa55b9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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