Color
#ae28c3
#ae28c3rgb(174, 40, 195)hsl(292, 66%, 46%)oklch(0.556 0.236 321.7)Colors that go with #ae28c3
Forest Green, Teal and Charcoal 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.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryForest Green sits directly opposite #ae28c3 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #ae28c3: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #ae28c3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #ae28c3: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ae28c3 in two real palettes: Gemstone and The Ordinary's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ae28c3: two real palettes: Hasbro's brand system and Peacock, as the supporting colour.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
analogousMedium Violet Red is #ae28c3's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
shippedDesigners have shipped Dark Cyan with #ae28c3: Peacock, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ae28c3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ae28c3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.4:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.89:1 | 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 #ae28c3 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ae28c3 reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #ae28c3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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