Color
#ad7db5
#ad7db5rgb(173, 125, 181)hsl(291, 27%, 60%)oklch(0.657 0.097 321.6)Colors that go with #ad7db5
Charcoal, Powder Blue 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 text near-black for #ad7db5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #ad7db5: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ad7db5 in 8 real palettes, including Dusk and Obsidian's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
complementaryMedium Sea Green sits directly opposite #ad7db5 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #ad7db5 in 3 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Obsidian's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #ad7db5 in 3 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #ad7db5, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #ad7db5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #ad7db5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ad7db5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.29:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.38:1 | 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 #ad7db5 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #ad7db5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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