Color
#c56d8d
#c56d8drgb(197, 109, 141)hsl(338, 43%, 60%)oklch(0.643 0.117 357.7)Colors that go with #c56d8d
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Medium Sea 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #c56d8d 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 #c56d8d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #c56d8d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Lido and Diner put Mustard Yellow beside #c56d8d, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #c56d8d in 20 real palettes, including Zed's brand system and Blush, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #c56d8d in 3 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #c56d8d: 3 real palettes, including Spline's brand system and Notion's brand system, as the lead colour.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #c56d8d in 3 real palettes, including Blush and Golden Hour, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #c56d8d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c56d8d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.53:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.95:1 | 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 #c56d8d 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
#c56d8d 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 #c56d8d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c56d8d-c49ca6-62cb72-2d201f-f1e9f0?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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