Color
#ab87a3
#ab87a3rgb(171, 135, 163)hsl(313, 18%, 60%)oklch(0.666 0.058 334.1)Colors that go with #ab87a3
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 #ab87a3: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #ab87a3: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Atelier, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #ab87a3: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and Stone, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ab87a3 in 21 real palettes, including Dusk and Kiln, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #ab87a3: 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Still Water, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryCadet Blue sits directly opposite #ab87a3 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped3 real palettes, including Estate and Blush put Blush Pink beside #ab87a3, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ab87a3: 3 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ab87a3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ab87a3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.12:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.73:1 | 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 #ab87a3 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ab87a3 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 #ab87a3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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