Color
#af6497
#af6497rgb(175, 100, 151)hsl(319, 32%, 54%)oklch(0.604 0.116 340.2)Colors that go with #af6497
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 #af6497: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #af6497 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 #af6497 in 7 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
triadicshippedCadet Blue completes a triad with #af6497 — 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 #af6497: 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 #af6497: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #af6497 in two real palettes: Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #af6497 in two real palettes: Ubisoft's brand system and Zed's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #af6497
Tints & shades
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Contrast
| #af6497 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.12:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.09:1 | 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 #af6497 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#af6497 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 #af6497 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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