Color
#f5ade5
#f5ade5rgb(245, 173, 229)hsl(313, 78%, 82%)oklch(0.833 0.11 334.8)Colors that go with #f5ade5
Emerald Green, Charcoal and Midnight Blue 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.
Emerald Green #50c878
complementaryshippedEmerald Green sits directly opposite #f5ade5 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 body-text near-black for #f5ade5: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Railway's brand system and Lavender Milk put Midnight Blue beside #f5ade5, as the lead colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #f5ade5: 5 real palettes, including Macaron and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Dusty Blue put Slate Gray beside #f5ade5, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #f5ade5 in 12 real palettes, including Macaron and Blossom, as the text colour against it.
Yellow Green #9acd32
split-complementshippedYellow Green is a split-complement of #f5ade5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #f5ade5 in 3 real palettes, including Mercury's brand system and Netlify's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #f5ade5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f5ade5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.75:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.99:1 | 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 #f5ade5 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#f5ade5 reads as warm, 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 #f5ade5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/f5ade5-c19fb5-7ecb62-2d1f24-efe9f1?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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