Color
#bc498c
#bc498crgb(188, 73, 140)hsl(325, 46%, 51%)oklch(0.579 0.165 347.4)Colors that go with #bc498c
Dark Cyan, Denim and Charcoal 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
complementaryshippedDark Cyan sits directly opposite #bc498c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bc498c: 5 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #bc498c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bc498c in 3 real palettes, including The Ordinary's brand system and Redfin's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #bc498c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #bc498c in two real palettes: Klarna US's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #bc498c 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 #bc498c, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #bc498c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bc498c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.7:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.47:1 | 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 #bc498c 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
#bc498c 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 #bc498c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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