Color
#ae9afe
#ae9afergb(174, 154, 254)hsl(252, 98%, 80%)oklch(0.744 0.142 291.7)Colors that go with #ae9afe
Amber, Midnight Blue and Periwinkle 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.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ae9afe in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Lavender Milk put Midnight Blue beside #ae9afe, as the text colour against it.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle shows up next to #ae9afe in 4 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #ae9afe in 5 real palettes, including Roblox's brand system and Webflow's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryDark Khaki sits directly opposite #ae9afe on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #ae9afe: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #ae9afe: 3 real palettes, including Blueprint and Calm's brand system, as the lead colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #ae9afe in 3 real palettes, including Spotify's brand system and Terminal, as the lead colour.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ae9afe as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.37:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.85:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #ae9afe as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ae9afe reads as cool, vivid, light. 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 #ae9afe and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ae9afe-a99cc4-dfb64e-281f2d-e9ecf1?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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