Color
#bb5493
#bb5493rgb(187, 84, 147)hsl(323, 43%, 53%)oklch(0.595 0.151 345)Colors that go with #bb5493
Dark Cyan, Charcoal and Denim 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.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #bb5493 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #bb5493: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bb5493: 3 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #bb5493: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #bb5493 in two real palettes: DuckDuckGo's brand system and Sourcegraph's brand system, as the accent.
Orange #ffa500
shippedTwo real palettes: Sunset Boulevard and Rippling's brand system put Orange beside #bb5493, as the supporting colour.
Plum #dda0dd
shippedPlum shows up next to #bb5493 in two real palettes: NYX Cosmetics's brand system and Semrush's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #bb5493 in two real palettes: Ubisoft's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #bb5493
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Contrast
| #bb5493 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.37:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.8:1 | 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 #bb5493 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
#bb5493 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 #bb5493 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bb5493-c19fb0-6dcb62-2d1f22-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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