Color
#b5698c
#b5698crgb(181, 105, 140)hsl(332, 34%, 56%)oklch(0.616 0.106 351.6)Colors that go with #b5698c
Cadet Blue, Tan 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #b5698c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #b5698c in 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Mushroom, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #b5698c in 19 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Clean Beauty, as that palette's text colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped3 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Blush put Blush Pink beside #b5698c, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b5698c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Peru #cd853f
shipped3 real palettes, including Kiln and Bakery put Peru beside #b5698c, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #b5698c in 3 real palettes, including Zed's brand system and Ubisoft's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with #b5698c: 3 real palettes, including Bakery and Bookshop, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #b5698c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b5698c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.91:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.36:1 | 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 #b5698c as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b5698c 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 #b5698c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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