Color
#ae6261
#ae6261rgb(174, 98, 97)hsl(1, 32%, 53%)oklch(0.582 0.099 21.3)Colors that go with #ae6261
Charcoal, Amber and Brown 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 body-text near-black for #ae6261: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ae6261 in 5 real palettes, including Ember and Trailhead, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Garnet put Brown beside #ae6261, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #ae6261: 5 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #ae6261, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ae6261 in 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Magazine Ochre, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ae6261: 8 real palettes, including Dusk and Dyson's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #ae6261 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #ae6261
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ae6261 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.45:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.72:1 | 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 #ae6261 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ae6261 reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #ae6261 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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