Color
#c256ad
#c256adrgb(194, 86, 173)hsl(312, 47%, 55%)oklch(0.618 0.172 335.6)Colors that go with #c256ad
Sea Green, Charcoal and Cadet 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #c256ad 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 #c256ad: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #c256ad: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #c256ad: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Plum #dda0dd
shippedPlum shows up next to #c256ad in two real palettes: NYX Cosmetics's brand system and Semrush's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #c256ad in two real palettes: Ubisoft's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #c256ad in two real palettes: Loom's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Tomato #ff6347
shippedTwo real palettes: Sunset Boulevard and Night Market put Tomato beside #c256ad, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #c256ad
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c256ad as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.02:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.23:1 | 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 #c256ad 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
#c256ad 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 #c256ad and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c256ad-c19fb6-80cb62-2d1f24-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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