Color
#c497c2
#c497c2rgb(196, 151, 194)hsl(303, 28%, 68%)oklch(0.732 0.079 327.8)Colors that go with #c497c2
Charcoal, Crimson 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #c497c2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #c497c2 in 4 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #c497c2 in 4 real palettes, including Meadow and Supabase's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #c497c2, as the text colour against it.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #c497c2: 5 real palettes, including Crypto.com's brand system and Stone, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped8 real palettes, including Graphite and Midnight Luxe put Slate Gray beside #c497c2, as the supporting colour.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #c497c2 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #c497c2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c497c2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.46:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.55:1 | 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 #c497c2 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#c497c2 reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #c497c2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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