Color
#b86181
#b86181rgb(184, 97, 129)hsl(338, 38%, 55%)oklch(0.603 0.117 357.8)Colors that go with #b86181
Peru, Royal 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.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Bakery and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #b86181, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #b86181 in 4 real palettes, including Zed's brand system and Ubisoft's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #b86181 in 18 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Clean Beauty, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #b86181 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #b86181: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #b86181: 3 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #b86181, as that palette's text colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b86181: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #b86181
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b86181 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.15:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.06:1 | 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 #b86181 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
#b86181 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 #b86181 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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