Color
#b040ae
#b040aergb(176, 64, 174)hsl(301, 47%, 47%)oklch(0.567 0.194 328.5)Colors that go with #b040ae
Sea Green, Dark Cyan and Charcoal 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #b040ae on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementshippedDark Cyan is a split-complement of #b040ae: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #b040ae: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b040ae: 3 real palettes, including Hasbro's brand system and Peacock, as the supporting colour.
Olive Green #808000
split-complementOlive Green is a split-complement of #b040ae: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
analogousshippedBlue Violet is #b040ae's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Orange #ffa500
shippedTwo real palettes: Sunset Boulevard and Rippling's brand system put Orange beside #b040ae, as the supporting colour.
Plum #dda0dd
shippedPlum shows up next to #b040ae in two real palettes: NYX Cosmetics's brand system and Semrush's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #b040ae
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b040ae as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.01:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.19:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #b040ae as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#b040ae reads as warm. 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 #b040ae and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b040ae-c19fbc-93cb62-2d1f27-ede9f1?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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