Color
#c85f86
#c85f86rgb(200, 95, 134)hsl(338, 49%, 58%)oklch(0.624 0.14 358.5)Colors that go with #c85f86
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Crimson 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 #c85f86 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 #c85f86: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #c85f86 in 4 real palettes, including Snyk's brand system and Redfin's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #c85f86: 5 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #c85f86 in 4 real palettes, including Ubisoft's brand system and Zed's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #c85f86 in 16 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #c85f86: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped3 real palettes, including Diner and Crayon Box put Mustard Yellow beside #c85f86, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #c85f86
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c85f86 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.86:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.44:1 | 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 #c85f86 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
#c85f86 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 #c85f86 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c85f86-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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