Color
#ab829d
#ab829drgb(171, 130, 157)hsl(320, 20%, 59%)oklch(0.655 0.062 339.5)Colors that go with #ab829d
Charcoal, Copper and Powder Blue 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 #ab829d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #ab829d: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Atelier, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #ab829d: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and Stone, as the lead colour.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with #ab829d: 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bakery, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ab829d in 22 real palettes, including Dusk and Kiln, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #ab829d: 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Still Water, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryCadet Blue sits directly opposite #ab829d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementshippedOlive Drab is a split-complement of #ab829d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #ab829d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ab829d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.28:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.41:1 | 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 #ab829d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ab829d 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 #ab829d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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