Color
#aa6499
#aa6499rgb(170, 100, 153)hsl(315, 29%, 53%)oklch(0.599 0.114 336.5)Colors that go with #aa6499
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 #aa6499: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #aa6499 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 #aa6499 in 7 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementDark Cyan is a split-complement of #aa6499: 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 #aa6499: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #aa6499 in two real palettes: Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shippedTwo real palettes: Sunset Boulevard and Graphite put Orange beside #aa6499, as the supporting colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #aa6499 in two real palettes: Semrush's brand system and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #aa6499
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aa6499 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.21:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.99:1 | 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 #aa6499 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#aa6499 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 #aa6499 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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