Color
#c85680
#c85680rgb(200, 86, 128)hsl(338, 51%, 56%)oklch(0.609 0.151 359.5)Colors that go with #c85680
Cadet Blue, Taupe and Dark Cyan 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
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of #c85680: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #c85680 in 8 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Clean Beauty, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #c85680 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #c85680: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #c85680: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Orange #ffa500
shippedOrange is paired with #c85680 in 3 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Tequila Sunrise, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #c85680 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #c85680 in two real palettes: Klarna US's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #c85680
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c85680 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.12:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.1:1 | 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 #c85680 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
#c85680 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 #c85680 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c85680-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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