Color
#ad385f
#ad385frgb(173, 56, 95)hsl(340, 51%, 45%)oklch(0.521 0.155 3.8)Colors that go with #ad385f
Teal, Amber and Dark Olive Green 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #ad385f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ad385f in 4 real palettes, including Ember and Maple, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ad385f in 4 real palettes, including Olive Grove and BrandSweets's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ad385f: 10 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #ad385f in 7 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Coinbase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Noir Beauty put Slate Gray beside #ad385f, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #ad385f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ad385f: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #ad385f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ad385f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.99:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.51:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #ad385f as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#ad385f reads as warm. 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 #ad385f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ad385f-c49ca5-62cb75-2d211f-f1e9f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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