Color
#ab5add
#ab5addrgb(171, 90, 221)hsl(277, 66%, 61%)oklch(0.62 0.199 310.4)Colors that go with #ab5add
Olive Drab, Sea Green 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.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #ab5add on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #ab5add: 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 #ab5add: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #ab5add: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ab5add: two real palettes: Hasbro's brand system and Peacock, as the supporting colour.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
shippedLight Sea Green shows up next to #ab5add in two real palettes: Taco Bell's brand system and Circuit, as the accent.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #ab5add in two real palettes: Calm's brand system and Sentry's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ab5add in two real palettes: Loom's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #ab5add
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ab5add as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.01:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.24:1 | 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 #ab5add as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ab5add reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #ab5add and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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