Color
#b56995
#b56995rgb(181, 105, 149)hsl(325, 34%, 56%)oklch(0.619 0.112 345.1)Colors that go with #b56995
Charcoal, Cadet Blue 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 #b56995: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #b56995 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 #b56995 in 11 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Clean Beauty, as that palette's text colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
shippedSea Green shows up next to #b56995 in 3 real palettes, including Next.js's brand system and Mushroom, as the supporting colour.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #b56995 in 3 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Mushroom, as the supporting colour.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #b56995: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b56995: two real palettes: Atelier and Wellness, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #b56995: two real palettes: Notion's brand system and Studio Grey, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #b56995
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b56995 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.87:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.42:1 | 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 #b56995 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b56995 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 #b56995 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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