Color
#ab787b
#ab787brgb(171, 120, 123)hsl(356, 23%, 57%)oklch(0.625 0.064 15.2)Colors that go with #ab787b
Cadet Blue, Champagne 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #ab787b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #ab787b in 6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ab787b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Peru #cd853f
shippedPeru is paired with #ab787b in 5 real palettes, including Kiln and Bakery, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedSaddle Brown is paired with #ab787b in 5 real palettes, including Bookshop and Bakery, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #ab787b in 6 real palettes, including Homestead and Riverbed, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #ab787b in 4 real palettes, including Sepia Mono and Mushroom, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ab787b in 24 real palettes, including Kiln and Sepia Mono, as the surface under it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #ab787b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ab787b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.68:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.7:1 | 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 #ab787b as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ab787b 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 #ab787b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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