Color
#b4556d
#b4556drgb(180, 85, 109)hsl(345, 39%, 52%)oklch(0.573 0.125 5.9)Colors that go with #b4556d
Sea Green, Amber and Champagne 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
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #b4556d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #b4556d in 5 real palettes, including Ember and Maple, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #b4556d, as the text colour against it.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b4556d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #b4556d: 4 real palettes, including MLB's brand system and Pepsi's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #b4556d in 4 real palettes, including Redfin's brand system and Snyk's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #b4556d in 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and BrandSweets's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b4556d: 13 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #b4556d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b4556d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.71:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.46:1 | 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 #b4556d 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
#b4556d 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 #b4556d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b4556d-c49ca1-62cb7e-2d221f-f1e9ef?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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