Color
#bc718e
#bc718ergb(188, 113, 142)hsl(337, 36%, 59%)oklch(0.638 0.101 355.6)Colors that go with #bc718e
Charcoal, Cadet Blue and Tan 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #bc718e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #bc718e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #bc718e in 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Sepia Mono, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #bc718e in 19 real palettes, including Blush and Zed's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #bc718e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #bc718e: 3 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Studio Grey, as the accent.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #bc718e in 3 real palettes, including Blush and Sepia Mono, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped3 real palettes, including Kiln and Bakery put Peru beside #bc718e, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #bc718e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bc718e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.56:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.89:1 | 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 #bc718e 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
#bc718e 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 #bc718e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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