Color
#bc528e
#bc528ergb(188, 82, 142)hsl(326, 44%, 53%)oklch(0.592 0.152 347.7)Colors that go with #bc528e
Taupe, Dark Cyan and Crimson 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.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #bc528e in 4 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #bc528e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bc528e in 3 real palettes, including The Ordinary's brand system and Redfin's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #bc528e in 3 real palettes, including Ubisoft's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #bc528e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #bc528e in two real palettes: Klarna US's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #bc528e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bc528e: two real palettes: Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #bc528e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bc528e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.43:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.74:1 | 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 #bc528e 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
#bc528e 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 #bc528e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bc528e-c19fae-67cb62-2d1f21-f1e9f1?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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