Color
#c261ad
#c261adrgb(194, 97, 173)hsl(313, 44%, 57%)oklch(0.633 0.155 336.1)Colors that go with #c261ad
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Olive Drab 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryCadet Blue sits directly opposite #c261ad 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 #c261ad: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #c261ad: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Plum #dda0dd
shippedPlum shows up next to #c261ad in two real palettes: Semrush's brand system and NYX Cosmetics's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #c261ad in two real palettes: Ubisoft's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #c261ad in two real palettes: Loom's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
triadicDark Goldenrod completes a triad with #c261ad — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Medium Purple #9370db
analogousMedium Purple is #c261ad's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #c261ad
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c261ad as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.75:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.61:1 | 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 #c261ad 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
#c261ad 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 #c261ad and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c261ad-c19fb5-7ecb62-2d1f24-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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