Color
#c85b72
#c85b72rgb(200, 91, 114)hsl(347, 50%, 57%)oklch(0.612 0.14 9)Colors that go with #c85b72
Cadet Blue, Charcoal 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #c85b72 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 #c85b72: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #c85b72: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #c85b72 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #c85b72 in 5 real palettes, including Google's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #c85b72, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #c85b72: 4 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #c85b72: 13 real palettes, including Etsy's brand system and Postman's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #c85b72
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c85b72 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.04:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.2:1 | 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 #c85b72 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
#c85b72 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 #c85b72 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c85b72-c49ca0-62cb82-2d221f-f1e9ef?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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