Color
#ab6980
#ab6980rgb(171, 105, 128)hsl(339, 28%, 54%)oklch(0.599 0.089 357.7)Colors that go with #ab6980
Charcoal, Champagne and Peru 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 #ab6980: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #ab6980, as that palette's text colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #ab6980, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #ab6980: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #ab6980 in 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Mushroom, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ab6980 in 20 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Clean Beauty, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #ab6980 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #ab6980 in 3 real palettes, including Sepia Mono and Bramble, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ab6980
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ab6980 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.15:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.06:1 | 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 #ab6980 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ab6980 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 #ab6980 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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