Color
#bb308c
#bb308crgb(187, 48, 140)hsl(320, 59%, 46%)oklch(0.552 0.196 344.9)Colors that go with #bb308c
Sea Green, Forest Green and Teal 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
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #bb308c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Forest Green #228b22
split-complementshippedForest Green is a split-complement of #bb308c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
split-complementTeal is a split-complement of #bb308c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #bb308c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #bb308c in two real palettes: Chase's brand system and Peacock, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Olive Green #808000
triadicOlive Green completes a triad with #bb308c — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
analogousDark Orchid is #bb308c's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
shippedDark Cyan is paired with #bb308c in Peacock, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #bb308c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bb308c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.36:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.91:1 | 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 #bb308c 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
#bb308c 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 #bb308c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bb308c-c19fb2-72cb62-2d1f23-f0e9f1?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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