Color
#ab698e
#ab698ergb(171, 105, 142)hsl(326, 28%, 54%)oklch(0.604 0.097 345.7)Colors that go with #ab698e
Charcoal, Peru 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 #ab698e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln put Peru beside #ab698e, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ab698e in 16 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Clean Beauty, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #ab698e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #ab698e, as that palette's text colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped3 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Graphite put Orange beside #ab698e, as the supporting colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #ab698e in 3 real palettes, including Semrush's brand system and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
shippedSea Green shows up next to #ab698e in 3 real palettes, including Next.js's brand system and Mushroom, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #ab698e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ab698e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.08:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.14:1 | 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 #ab698e as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ab698e 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 #ab698e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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