Color
#ab5fa5
#ab5fa5rgb(171, 95, 165)hsl(305, 31%, 52%)oklch(0.597 0.134 330)Colors that go with #ab5fa5
Sea Green, Charcoal and Dark Cyan 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 #ab5fa5 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ab5fa5: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementDark Cyan is a split-complement of #ab5fa5: 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 #ab5fa5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #ab5fa5 in two real palettes: Marvel's brand system and Plaid's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #ab5fa5 in Dunkin''s brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #ab5fa5 in Klarna US's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #ab5fa5 in Midnight Luxe, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #ab5fa5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ab5fa5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.28:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.91:1 | 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 #ab5fa5 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ab5fa5 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 #ab5fa5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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