Color
#ae294a
#ae294argb(174, 41, 74)hsl(345, 62%, 42%)oklch(0.502 0.169 11.7)Colors that go with #ae294a
Teal, Dark Olive Green and Denim 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 #ae294a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ae294a in 4 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Cider, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ae294a: 9 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Nissan's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #ae294a in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #ae294a in 7 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Bose's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #ae294a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Newsprint and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #ae294a, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ae294a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #ae294a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ae294a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.53:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.22:1 | 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 #ae294a 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
#ae294a reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #ae294a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ae294a-c49ca1-62cb7e-2d221f-f1e9ef?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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