Color
#ae6599
#ae6599rgb(174, 101, 153)hsl(317, 31%, 54%)oklch(0.605 0.115 338.6)Colors that go with #ae6599
Charcoal, Sea Green and Taupe 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 #ae6599: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #ae6599 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ae6599 in 6 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
triadicshippedCadet Blue completes a triad with #ae6599 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementDark Cyan is a split-complement of #ae6599: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #ae6599: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #ae6599 in two real palettes: Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #ae6599 in two real palettes: Semrush's brand system and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ae6599
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ae6599 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.1:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.12:1 | 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 #ae6599 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ae6599 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 #ae6599 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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