Color
#c176b0
#c176b0rgb(193, 118, 176)hsl(314, 38%, 61%)oklch(0.665 0.12 335.6)Colors that go with #c176b0
Taupe, Cadet Blue and Emerald Green 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 #c176b0 in 5 real palettes, including Blush and Meadow, as the text colour against it.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryCadet Blue sits directly opposite #c176b0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #c176b0 in 3 real palettes, including Meadow and Obsidian's brand system, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #c176b0: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #c176b0: two real palettes: Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Dusk, as the accent.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #c176b0 in two real palettes: Netlify's brand system and Sentry's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
shippedMedium Slate Blue shows up next to #c176b0 in two real palettes: Lavender Haze and Obsidian's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #c176b0 in two real palettes: Sephora's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #c176b0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c176b0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.24:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.49:1 | 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 #c176b0 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
#c176b0 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 #c176b0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c176b0-c19fb5-7ccb62-2d1f24-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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