Color
#bc499d
#bc499drgb(188, 73, 157)hsl(316, 46%, 51%)oklch(0.586 0.176 339.6)Colors that go with #bc499d
Sea Green, Denim and Dark Cyan 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
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #bc499d 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 #bc499d: 4 real palettes, including Hasbro's brand system and Peacock, as the supporting colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementshippedDark Cyan is a split-complement of #bc499d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #bc499d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #bc499d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Orange #ffa500
shippedTwo real palettes: Sunset Boulevard and Rippling's brand system put Orange beside #bc499d, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #bc499d in two real palettes: Ubisoft's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Olive Green #808000
triadicOlive Green completes a triad with #bc499d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #bc499d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bc499d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.59:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.58:1 | 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 #bc499d 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
#bc499d 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 #bc499d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bc499d-c19fb4-79cb62-2d1f23-efe9f1?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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