Color
#ae78ba
#ae78bargb(174, 120, 186)hsl(289, 32%, 60%)oklch(0.651 0.113 320.2)Colors that go with #ae78ba
Charcoal, Taupe and Medium Sea 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #ae78ba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ae78ba in 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Obsidian's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
complementaryMedium Sea Green sits directly opposite #ae78ba on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #ae78ba: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
split-complementDark Goldenrod is a split-complement of #ae78ba: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ae78ba in two real palettes: Blueprint and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #ae78ba: two real palettes: Dusk and Atelier, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #ae78ba in two real palettes: Ledger Dark and Obsidian's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ae78ba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ae78ba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.39:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.2:1 | 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 #ae78ba as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #ae78ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ae78ba-be9fc1-a8cb62-2d1f2a-ece9f1?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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