Color
#bd5182
#bd5182rgb(189, 81, 130)hsl(333, 45%, 53%)oklch(0.587 0.148 354.3)Colors that go with #bd5182
Crimson, Denim and Royal Blue 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bd5182 in 4 real palettes, including Redfin's brand system and Snyk's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bd5182: 4 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #bd5182 in 5 real palettes, including Ubisoft's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #bd5182: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #bd5182 in 11 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #bd5182 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 #bd5182: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and MLB's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #bd5182, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #bd5182
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bd5182 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.5:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.66:1 | 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 #bd5182 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
#bd5182 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 #bd5182 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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