Color
#ad9ec2
#ad9ec2rgb(173, 158, 194)hsl(265, 23%, 69%)oklch(0.724 0.054 304)Colors that go with #ad9ec2
Charcoal, Burlywood and Copper 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 #ad9ec2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #ad9ec2 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #ad9ec2: 7 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ad9ec2: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Spline's brand system, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #ad9ec2 in 5 real palettes, including Supabase's brand system and Scale AI's brand system, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #ad9ec2 in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Darkroom, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including First Snow and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #ad9ec2, as the text colour against it.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #ad9ec2 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #ad9ec2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ad9ec2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.49:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.45:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #ad9ec2 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 #ad9ec2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ad9ec2-b19cc4-dfd54e-2b1f2d-e9eaf1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md