Color
#ae3281
#ae3281rgb(174, 50, 129)hsl(322, 55%, 44%)oklch(0.528 0.179 345.8)Colors that go with #ae3281
Sea Green, Teal and Forest 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #ae3281 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-complementTeal is a split-complement of #ae3281: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Forest Green #228b22
split-complementForest Green is a split-complement of #ae3281: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ae3281: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Olive Green #808000
triadicOlive Green completes a triad with #ae3281 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
analogousDark Orchid is #ae3281's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #ae3281 in Velvet, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Coral #ff7f50
shippedCoral is paired with #ae3281 in Dusk Gradient, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #ae3281
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ae3281 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.88:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.57:1 | 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 #ae3281 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ae3281 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 #ae3281 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ae3281-c19fb1-6ecb62-2d1f22-f0e9f1?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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