Color
#ae79b4
#ae79b4rgb(174, 121, 180)hsl(294, 28%, 59%)oklch(0.65 0.104 323.2)Colors that go with #ae79b4
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 #ae79b4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ae79b4 in 6 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 #ae79b4 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #ae79b4 in 3 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #ae79b4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedTwo real palettes: Estate and Cartier's brand system put Blush Pink beside #ae79b4, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #ae79b4: two real palettes: Dusk and Atelier, as the accent.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
split-complementDark Goldenrod is a split-complement of #ae79b4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #ae79b4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ae79b4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.39:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.19:1 | 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 #ae79b4 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 #ae79b4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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