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Color
#c85186
#c85186
hex
#c85186rgb
rgb(200, 81, 134)hsl
hsl(333, 52%, 55%)oklch
oklch(0.605 0.161 355.2)Closest name: Flirty Rose (#d65e93)Relative luminance 0.1989
Colors that go with #c85186
Denim, Royal Blue and 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.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #c85186: 5 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #c85186 in 5 real palettes, including Ubisoft's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #c85186: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #c85186 in 8 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #c85186 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 #c85186: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #c85186: 3 real palettes, including Pepsi's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #c85186 in 3 real palettes, including Snyk's brand system and Redfin's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #c85186
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c85186 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.22:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.98:1 | 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 #c85186 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#c85186 reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #c85186
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #c85186 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c85186-c49ca9-62cb69-2d1f20-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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