Color
#c280d1
#c280d1rgb(194, 128, 209)hsl(289, 47%, 66%)oklch(0.696 0.135 320)Colors that go with #c280d1
Medium Sea Green, Amber and Taupe 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.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
complementaryshippedMedium Sea Green sits directly opposite #c280d1 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #c280d1 in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #c280d1 in 5 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #c280d1: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #c280d1 in 3 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Supabase's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
shippedMedium Slate Blue shows up next to #c280d1 in 3 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Lavender Haze, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #c280d1 in 3 real palettes, including Sephora's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #c280d1: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c280d1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.88:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.3:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #c280d1 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
#c280d1 reads as cool, modern. 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 #c280d1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c280d1-be9fc1-a8cb62-2d1f2a-ece9f1?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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